Pair of porcelain dessert plates from the service of Count Ilya Andreevich Bezborodko (1756-1815), the basin with painted decoration of his Latin monogram under a crown of laurel branches and surmounting the motto "LABORE. ET. ZELO" meaning "By work and diligence", the marli decorated with sprays of cornflowers and bordered by a golden frieze. Slight wear of the gold.
Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg, reign of Alexander II (1855-1881).
Green stamp marks.
D. 18,5 cm.
History
This pair of plates is probably a later addition to the original service produced by the Gardner factory commissioned by Catherine II as a gift to Count Ilya Andreevich Bezborodko in 1784. During the reign of Tsar Alexander II, a restocking of this service was ordered, of which our two pieces are part.
Ilya Bezborodko was a Russian senator and general who participated in the Russo-Turkish wars, he was the younger brother of Alexander Bezborodko, one of the great statesmen of Catherine II and the main architects of her foreign policy.
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