Lot 157
RUSSIAN PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE LIVADIYA YACHT SERVICE
IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTURY, ST. PETERSBURG, ALEXANDER II PERIOD
Auction: 28 September 2011 at 13:00 BST
Description
the scalloped rim with a green border painted with chain links interspersed with anchors, set with a reserve depicting an imperial crown, en grisaille, in a beaded border with ribbon tied laurel branches, underglaze green maker's mark to reverse
Dimensions
25cm diameter
Footnote
Note: The Imperial steam yacht Livadiya was built for Alexander II at the Glasgow yard of John Elder & Co in 1880 to an unorthodox design by Rear-Admiral Popov. She proved so unstable that she was seriously damaged on her commissioning voyage to Sebastopol. Alexander II was assassinated the following year and the vessel was stripped of its opulent contents. A pair of plates from the Livadiya service sold Christie's Russian Art, London, 6 June, lot 324