three caviar dishes of seashell shape, two round dishes with protruding articulated handles, variously decorated with the Imperial cyphers of Alexander II and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, the Imperial crest and floral motifs, length of the largest: 15.2 cm (6 in.), length of the smallest: 12.2 cm (4 7/8 in.), various marks on bases; the cup and saucer from the Gatchina Palace porcelain service featuring the Imperial double eagle on white ground with gilt detailing, diameter of the saucer: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.), height of cup: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.), dated underglazed Imperial marks of Alexander III and Nicholas II.


PROVENANCE:
Property of a private collector, New York