Description:
Two Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plates, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, one from the Tsarskoe Selo Service, 1908, with the Imperial double-headed eagle and blue band to border, dia. 9 1/4; and one from the Gatchina Palace Service, 1906, with the Imperial double-headed eagle between two narrow gilded bands, dia. 9 1/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
Gatchina Palace plate with approx. 1 in. hairline crack running inward from rim. Both with light rubbing and loss to gilt and enamel.
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