Two Russian Porcelain Handled Knives and a Porcelain Handle from the Everyday Service of Cat...

Description

Two Russian Porcelain Handled Knives and a Porcelain Handle from the Everyday Service of Catherine II
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Period of Catherine II (1746-1798), circa 1790
8-7/8 inches (22.5 cm) (longest)

PROVENANCE:
A La Vieille Russie, New York.

EXHIBITED:
An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, A La Vieille Russie: New York, March 14 - April 20, 1991, cat. no. 3.

ILLUSTRATED:
The two knives illustrated, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, (Exhibition Catalog) Schaffer, P. (ed.), A La Vieille Russie: New York, 1991, illus. 3, p. 27.

LITERATURE:
An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, (Exhibition Catalog) Schaffer, P. (ed.), A La Vieille Russie: New York, 1991, p. 27;
von Wolf, N. ИМПЕРАТОРСКИЙ ФАРФОРОВЫЙ ЗАВОД 1744-1904, St. Petersburg: 2003.


Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000.

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