A RUSSIAN Porcelain CUP AND SAUCER, IMPERIAL Porcelain FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
each with softly scalloped rims, the cup with rounded handle, each decorated overall with field flowers and acanthus leaves against a black ground, the cup with underglaze blue imperial cypher under base, the plate with blue overglaze imperial cypher; height of cup: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.), diameter of plate: 18.3 cm (7 1/4 in.)