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Francis Gardner Factory : Verbilki, Russia (1767-1917)

Imperial Yacht Queen Victoria Service c. 1846

Hard-paste porcelain | 3.0 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm (diameter) | RCIN 58174

Master: Imperial Yacht Queen Victoria Service

Francis Gardner Factory : Verbilki, Russia (1767-1917)

Master: Imperial Yacht Queen Victoria Service c. 1846

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Description

A Russian hard-paste porcelain dinner plate, the lobed rim painted with dark blue C-scrolls divided by gilt foliate scrolls; painted at the centre with a crowned double headed Imperial eagle above an inscribed pink ribbon "THE QUEEN VICTORIA".

Provenance

A Russian hard-paste porcelain plate copying an English plate which was part of the furnishings of a yacht given by Queen Victoria to Tsar Alexander II and subsequently owned by other members of the Russian Imperial family.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Francis Gardner Factory : Verbilki, Russia (1767-1917)
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Hard-paste porcelain

hard paste porcelain

painted, gilded

Measurements

3.0 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm (diameter)
Groupings
Category
Ceramics
Object type(s)
containers
culinary containers
vessels for serving or eating
dishes
plates
dinner plates
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Industries, Crafts and Trades
Jewellery
Crowns
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Decorative motifs
C-scrolls

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