Two porcelain plates from the Etruscan Service, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II (1894-1917), dated 1895 and 1913

Lot 401. each painted in black and cinnebar on a terracotta coloured ground with classical figures, the cavetto with stylized leaf and berry band within stylized scrolling foliate border within black rims - diameter: 23.8 cm. (9 3/8 in.). (2) - Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, $8,200 - 12,000

Note : This service was originally commissioned by Nicholas I in 1844 for the private retreat of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna on Tsaritsyn Island at Peterhof.

Bonhams. The Russian Sale, 26 Nov 2007. New Bond Street