A PORCELAIN TRAY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)

Rectangular with cut corners, centring an oval medallion painted en grisaille with cherubs, the white ground with four floral bouquets, all within a turquoise ribbon border, marked on rim with a blue underglaze factory mark
137⁄8 in. (35.2 cm.) long

Provenance
Exhibition Catalogue, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars Peterhof, A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1991, p. 36, no. 33 (illustrated).