A RUSSIAN CUP AND SAUCER, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, ALEXANDER II PERIOD (1855-1881)
cylindrical cup with angular handle painted with an oval portrait en grisaille of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna flanked by gilt tooled borders, cup and deep saucer both with gilt line borders and dove grey grounds, undersides with green Imperial cipher for Alexander II and numeral '7', cup 7cm high, saucer 13cm diameter Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter and apparently favourite child of the Tsar, Alexander II. She married Queen Victoria's son Alfred in 1874, becoming Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her doting father gave her a staggering array of jewellery upon her marriage, apparently to the envy of the British royal family. She did not adapt successfully to life outside Russia however, nor does it appear her marriage was happy. At the age of 46 she lost her husband and spent her widowhood travelling widely, otherwise spending time at homes in Germany and France. A victim of divided loyalties during World War I, she became an exile in Switzerland. Much of her fortune had been held in trust in Russia and its loss following the revolution meant reduced circumstances forcing the sale of her famous diamonds.cylindrical cup with angular handle painted with an oval portrait en grisaille of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna flanked by gilt tooled borders, cup and deep saucer both with gilt line borders and dove grey grounds, undersides with green Imperial cipher for Alexander II and numeral '7', cup 7cm high, saucer 13cm diameter Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter and apparently favourite child of the Tsar, Alexander II. She married Queen Victoria's son Alfred in 1874, becoming Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her doting father gave her a staggering array of jewellery upon her marriage, apparently to the envy of the British royal family. She did not adapt successfully to life outside Russia however, nor does it appear her marriage was happy. At the age of 46 she lost her husband and spent her widowhood travelling widely, otherwise spending time at homes in Germany and France. A victim of divided loyalties during World War I, she became an exile in Switzerland. Much of her fortune had been held in trust in Russia and its loss following the revolution meant reduced circumstances forcing the sale of her famous diamonds.
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cylindrical cup with angular handle painted with an oval portrait en grisaille of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna flanked by gilt tooled borders, cup and deep saucer both with gilt line borders and dove grey grounds, undersides with green Imperial cipher for Alexander II and numeral '7', cup 7cm high, saucer 13cm diameter Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter and apparently favourite child of the Tsar, Alexander II. She married Queen Victoria's son Alfred in 1874, becoming Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her doting father gave her a staggering array of jewellery upon her marriage, apparently to the envy of the British royal family. She did not adapt successfully to life outside Russia however, nor does it appear her marriage was happy. At the age of 46 she lost her husband and spent her widowhood travelling widely, otherwise spending time at homes in Germany and France. A victim of divided loyalties during World War I, she became an exile in Switzerland. Much of her fortune had been held in trust in Russia and its loss following the revolution meant reduced circumstances forcing the sale of her famous diamonds.cylindrical cup with angular handle painted with an oval portrait en grisaille of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna flanked by gilt tooled borders, cup and deep saucer both with gilt line borders and dove grey grounds, undersides with green Imperial cipher for Alexander II and numeral '7', cup 7cm high, saucer 13cm diameter Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter and apparently favourite child of the Tsar, Alexander II. She married Queen Victoria's son Alfred in 1874, becoming Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her doting father gave her a staggering array of jewellery upon her marriage, apparently to the envy of the British royal family. She did not adapt successfully to life outside Russia however, nor does it appear her marriage was happy. At the age of 46 she lost her husband and spent her widowhood travelling widely, otherwise spending time at homes in Germany and France. A victim of divided loyalties during World War I, she became an exile in Switzerland. Much of her fortune had been held in trust in Russia and its loss following the revolution meant reduced circumstances forcing the sale of her famous diamonds.
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