A SET OF SIX RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SOUP PLATES FROM THE BANQUET SERVICE OF ALEXANDER III, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, 1888-1892
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: 25.3 cm (10 in.), each with a dated underglazed Imperial Cypher of Alexander III