A LARGE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL PORCELAIN VASE BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1843 Of campana form, on a dark blue ground, the front of the body painted with a portrait of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia after Franz Krüger signed in Cyrillic and dated 'A: Nesterov 1843' (lower left), within a gilt ciselé border surmounted by the crowned monogram 'FWR III' for Fridericus Wilhelmus Rex, the reverse painted with a portrait of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia after Krüger, within a conforming border, the sides with elaborate gilt ciselé coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, all beneath an everted rim above a border of continuous gilt ciselé laurel leaves, the lower section of the vase gilt and molded with acanthus, issuing two leaf-capped reeded handles, on a waisted fluted socle and square ormolu base, on a contemporary painted wood plinth, marked with underglaze blue factory mark on the inner rim above the gilt date '1843' 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high, the plinth 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
A LARGE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL PORCELAIN VASE BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1843 Of campana form, on a dark blue ground, the front of the body painted with a portrait of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia after Franz Krüger signed in Cyrillic and dated 'A: Nesterov 1843' (lower left), within a gilt ciselé border surmounted by the crowned monogram 'FWR III' for Fridericus Wilhelmus Rex, the reverse painted with a portrait of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia after Krüger, within a conforming border, the sides with elaborate gilt ciselé coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, all beneath an everted rim above a border of continuous gilt ciselé laurel leaves, the lower section of the vase gilt and molded with acanthus, issuing two leaf-capped reeded handles, on a waisted fluted socle and square ormolu base, on a contemporary painted wood plinth, marked with underglaze blue factory mark on the inner rim above the gilt date '1843' 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high, the plinth 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
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