Topographical plate from the dow
Topographical plate from the dowry service of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna, St. Petersburg, reign of Tsar Nicholas I (1825–1855), round, with a scalloped, gilded rim; the cavetto features a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg within a gilded band, polychrome painting and decorative gilding, Ø 23 cm, The plates offered here were part of an extensive dowry belonging to Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825–1844) on the occasion of her marriage in 1844 to Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1820–1884). See Lot 2677
Topographical plate from the dowry service of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna, St. Petersburg, reign of Tsar Nicholas I (1825–1855), round, with a scalloped, gilded rim; the cavetto features a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg within a gilded band, polychrome painting and decorative gilding, Ø 23 cm, The plates offered here were part of an extensive dowry belonging to Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825–1844) on the occasion of her marriage in 1844 to Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1820–1884). See Lot 2677
