A PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER
A PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)
The cup, circular, decorated with varicoloured birds and flowers, within a shaped gilt and mauve fishscale border, with flowers on the interior and a gilt rim, the saucer similarly decorated, both marked under bases with a blue underglaze factory mark
The cup, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the parents of the present owner in the 1960-1970s.
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A PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)
The cup, circular, decorated with varicoloured birds and flowers, within a shaped gilt and mauve fishscale border, with flowers on the interior and a gilt rim, the saucer similarly decorated, both marked under bases with a blue underglaze factory mark
The cup, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the parents of the present owner in the 1960-1970s.
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