RUSSIA - Lot 179

Lot n° 179
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RUSSIA - Lot 179
RUSSIA Porcelain tea service of the Cottage of Péterhof, composed of a covered teapot, a milk jug and a cup and saucer. With central decoration of the coat of arms of the Cottage on a blue background showing a sword crossing a crown of roses, surrounded by the inscription in Russian on a gold background: "For the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland". A crack to the milk pot, a crack to the lid of the teapot, a firing crack to the teapot, restorations to the cup. Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Alexander III period, 1887-1893. Marked with a green stamp. Teapot : Length : 26 cm ; Milk jug : Length : 13 cm ; Cup and saucer : Height : 6 cm ; Diameter : 14 cm. 6 cm ; Diameter : 14,5 cm. Provenance: Service commissioned between 1827 and 1829 by Emperor Nicholas I (1825-1855) for the Alexandria Palace known as the "Cottage", a neo-Gothic residence built in Alexandria Park in Péterhof by the architect A. A. Menelaus and offered by the Tsar to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. This service, used for dinner, dessert and tea/coffee, originally consisted of 530 pieces, was doubled in 1835 and then reassorted until the reign of Nicholas II, and was accompanied by a crystal service decorated with the same coat of arms. This design entitled "White Flower", conceived by the poet Zhukovsky, was inspired by one of the characters of the novel "The Magic Ring" by the knight La Motte-Fouqué, and it is how the empress Alexandra Feodorovna, born Princess Charlotte of Prussia, was nicknamed, who used this coat of arms for her private residence in the Cottage.
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