Lot n° 205
Estimation :
8000 - 10000
EUR
RARE DESSERT PLATE in polychrome porcelain of the dowry serv - Lot 205
RARE DESSERT PLATE in polychrome porcelain of the dowry service of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825-1844), with contoured edges, lilac background enhanced with gold in relief, the basin with polychrome decoration of officers of the regiment
Izmaïlovsky. Good condition.
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Nicholas I period. Mark on the reverse side by the painter N. Saveliev and mark in blue of the imperial cypher of Nicholas I dated 1844 and "R(egimen)t of Izmailovsky".
D_23.5 cm
Provenance:
- This plate is part with others of the same service of the important dowry of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825-1844) for her marriage in 1844 with Frederick Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1820-1884).
- Collection of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel after the death of Nicholas I's daughter.
- Collection of Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1823-1899), sister of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.
- Collection of Vilhelm Carl, Baron von Blixen-Finecke (1863-1942), son of Princess Augusta.
- Then by descent.
- International Autumn Auction, Bukowski, Stockholm, 29/11/2007, lots 1151-1180.
- Private collection, Europe.
History: Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna was the fourth child of Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna and the first wife of Prince Frederick
William of Hesse-Kassel. She was born in Tsarskoye Selo in 1825 and was affectionately known as Adini. Prince Frederick and Adini fell in love during his visit to St. Petersburg in the winter of 1843 and their engagement was announced on June 28, 1843. Unfortunately, Adini fell ill with tuberculosis before his marriage and died shortly afterwards without having left Russia for his new homeland. At the insistence of Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the dowry, which had already been sent to the Grand Duchy of Hesse, remained there at the prince's disposal.
Literature: for plates from the same service, see the exhibition catalogue, "St.
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