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44 - A FINE PORCELAIN CUP WITH SAUCER FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE Russian, St. Petersburg, Imperial Porcelain Factory, Period of Alexander III, 1894 Painted, gilded. A large overglaze red and gold factory mark 'AIII 1894' under the crown, a cup with additional underglaze green factory mark 'AIII' under crown. The Raphael Service was the last great imperial dinner service produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Commissioned in 1883 by Emperor Alexander III to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Raphael's birth, it was originally intended for the palace at Tsarskoye Selo. Designed by Leonard Leonardovich Schaufelberger, it was based on motifs from the Raphael Loggias in the Vatican, copies of which also adorn the loggias of the Hermitage. Alexander III personally approved the initial designs for the service, which took over 20 years to produce and was not completed until 1903. 5 cm high (cup), diam. 12.4 cm (saucer).
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A FINE PORCELAIN CUP WITH SAUCER FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE Russian, St. Petersburg, Imperial Porcelain Factory, Period of Alexander III, 1894 Painted, gilded. A large overglaze red and gold factory mark 'AIII 1894' under the crown, a cup with additional underglaze green factory mark 'AIII' under crown. The Raphael Service was the last great imperial dinner service produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Commissioned in 1883 by Emperor Alexander III to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Raphael's birth, it was originally intended for the palace at Tsarskoye Selo. Designed by Leonard Leonardovich Schaufelberger, it was based on motifs from the Raphael Loggias in the Vatican, copies of which also adorn the loggias of the Hermitage. Alexander III personally approved the initial designs for the service, which took over 20 years to produce and was not completed until 1903. 5 cm high (cup), diam. 12.4 cm (saucer). FEINE TASSE MIT UNTERTASSE AUS DEM RAFFAEL-SERVICE Russland, St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur, Periode Alexander III., 1894 Porzellan, polychrome Aufglasurbemalung, Goldstaffage. H. 5 cm (Tasse), D. 12,4 cm (Untertasse). Grosse Aufglasurrote und goldene Manufakturmarke 'AIII 1894' unter Krone, Tasse zusätzlich mit unterglasurgrüner Manufakturmarke 'AIII' unter Krone. Das Raffael-Service war das letzte große kaiserliche Tafelservice der Kaiserlichen Porzellanmanufaktur. Es wurde 1883, anlässlich des 400. Geburtstags Raffaels, von Kaiser Alexander III. in Auftrag gegeben und war ursprünglich für den Palast in Zarskoje Selo bestimmt. Entworfen wurde es von Leonard Leonardowitsch Schaufelberger nach Motiven der Raffael-Loggien im Vatikan, deren Kopien auch die Loggien der Eremitage schmücken. Alexander III. genehmigte persönlich die ersten Entwürfe des Services, dessen Produktion sich über 20 Jahre erstreckte und erst 1903 abgeschlossen wurde.
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