Set Of 6 Antique Russian Imperial Porcelain Plates From The Babigon Service

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Set Of 6 Antique Russian Imperial Porcelain Plates From The Babigon Service :
$9700.00

A SET OF SIX PLATES FROM THE BABIGON SERVICE
IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1903, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II
Gilded with a continuous border of stylised ivy leaves on a pale grey ground between serrated gilt and claret-line bordersall centring a gilt rosette, 8 7/8\" ( 22,5 cm. ) diameter, excellent condition, very minor rubbing to the gilding of some plates, no repairs, no cracks,no chips. Shipping within the USA $48.00, international is more.

The Babigon Service, characterised by its distinctive rim ornament of giltciselégarlands on a grey ground, embodies the classical elegance of works produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory during the reign of Alexander I. Originally created in 1823-24 for the Great Peterhof Palace, the service was later expanded. By 1857, part of the service had been transferred to the newly constructed Belvedere Palace on Babigon Hill near Peterhof, from which the service took its name. Pieces from the Babigon Service are held in the State Hermitage Museum, the Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo State Museums, the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg, and the State Historical Museum in Moscow. (N.B. von Wolf (ed. T.N. Nosovich),Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 273-291).