A porcelain plate from a military service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II (1896-1917), 1909

A porcelain plate from a military service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II (1896-1917), 1909

the cavetto painted with a member of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard Regiment at the centre and several other cavalrymen in the background, within a gilt border impressed and ciselé with the imperial arms and laurel leaves, inscribed on the reverse in Cyrillic after a design by V.V. Mazurovsky, executed by N. Kyrsanov, 1909, black imperial cypher of Nicholas II, dated 1909

diameter 24cm; 9½in.