Beschreibung:

A Russian Porcelain Plate from a Military Service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), dated 1829 the cavetto painted with a scene of an officer of the Imperial Life Guards' Hussar regiment seated on a rearing white horse, another officer and a senior officer stand to his right and other members of the regiment are visible in a clearing in the background; the border in tooled matte and burnished gold double-headed eagles in the form of the State coat-of-arms during the reign of Nicholas I alternating with military trophies comprising an officers' regimental shako with crossed saber and trumpet set against a branch of laurel. the reverse titled Officier Supérieur et Subalterne du Régt. des Hussards de la Garde, dated 1829, and signed by the painter V. Semenov; also with blue Imperial cypher of Nicholas I diameter 9 3/8 in. 24 cm