TWO MINIATURE PORCELAIN VASES, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)

TWO MINIATURE PORCELAIN VASES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Each of circular form on a scrolling spreading foot, the outside body with a latticework gilt design and applied with varicoloured and gilt flowers and leaves, one of bowl form, the rim painted with flowers, fruit and a bird within scrolling cartouches; the other with a flush surface, painted with a view of Palace Square, St Petersburg, all within a gilt scrolling foliate border, one marked under base with a blue factory mark
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diameter and smaller

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION