A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN KORNILOV PLATE, 19TH CEN.


This porcelain plate by Kornilov Bros is decorated with a red Imperial double-headed eagle painted in the Pan-Slavic style surrounded by geometric frieze, the rim features a Russian proverb in a stylized font, the verso is marked with a printed blue ink factory mark. St Petersburg, circa 1860-1880. Reference: Private Porcelain Factory Empire Russia p. 404-405. A pair of these plates are displayed at the Hillwood Museum in Washington, DC.

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