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A RUSSIAN TETE-A-TETE SET, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN...

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A RUSSIAN TETE-A-TETE SET, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CATHERINE II PERIOD (1762-1796) cylindrical with angular handles, each painted with a continuous frieze of pastoral figures in landscapes between gilt line borders and to the shoulder with a band of trailing cornflowers above a black line border, comprising a pot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover, a jug, two cups and saucers and a caddy and cover, underglaze blue Imperial cipher marks, pot and cover 25.5cm high (11pcs) The shapes and design of peasant figures appear to be after Vienna porcelain prototypes; for an I.P.M. bottle cooler of the same pattern and period see Sotheby's, London, 25 November 2014, lot 479.