originally commissioned while the Emperor was still a tsarevich for use at the Anichkov Palace, each plate with the Imperial monogram of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, the scalloped borders with gilt strapwork designs, the cavetto decorated with a gilded rosette, diameter: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.), each with a dated underglazed Imperial Cypher of Alexander III, one with the numbers 744894 below the Cypher