This dinner plate comes from an important ceremonial dinner service, known as the Raphael Service, commissioned by Tsar Alexander III from the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St Petersburg during the late 19th century. The service was created for the palace at Tsarskoe Selo, near St. Petersburg, and was completed under Tsar Nicholas II in the […]
The inscription on the rim reads “Drink to the Tsar and be healthy”.
Lacquer painting on papier-mâché evolved in Russia after 1795, when the technique of making papier-mâché was brought to Russia from Germany by a Russian merchant, Piotr Korobov. Korobov established a workshop at Danilkovo, outside Fedoskino. The production of papier-mâché objects grew rapidly, and popular subjects included scenes of everyday life, portraits, reproductions of famous paintings, […]
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