拍品專文
Intended for the Farm Palace in the Alexandria Park in Peterhof, the Banqueting Service with the monogram 'A' was completed in 1840-1841 upon the order of Nicholas I for his elder son and heir to the throne, the Grand Duke Alexander, the future Tsar Alexander II. The Service included dinner, dessert and tea sets, intended for a hundred and twenty five people, the entire Service amounting to 3,300 pieces. Additional pieces were produced after the coronation of the Emperor Alexander II and replacements continued to be produced.
For other examples from this service see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 471.
For other examples from this service see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 471.