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[NICHOLAS IIBiblio.com
Fine pair of China Plates commemorating their visit to France in 1896 1868-1918 Tsar of Russia from 1894 Assassinated after the Revolution and ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA 1872-1918 the Tsarina
26700the tsar's plate has the Imperial Crest and the French Crest at the head and lists "Moscou 1886 Paris 1893 Toulon 1893" on the sides are images from the visit of Alexander III in 1891 and the Russian Fleet visiting Toulon in 1893 at the bottom are portraits of Admiral Avellan and General Dragomiroff commemorating the "Grandes Manoeuvres 1895" and in the centre is a portrait of the Tsar the Tsarina's plate commemorates their coronation at the head the Priest receiving the couple at the church of the Assumption on either side are images of the couple in front of the priest and being crowned at the bottom are their crowns with orb and sceptre again in the centre is an image of the Tsarina each 7½ inches across France In 1893 the Russian fleet visited Toulon and in 1894 the year of Alexander III's death and Nicholas's accession Russia and France signed a treaty of alliance. The Tsar and Tsarina were the first to visit France since the entente. It is very unusual to find her Imperial Majesty on plates and this was Nicholas's favourite image of his wife. unknown
Sophie Dupre · Royaume-Uni590,00 £GB≈ 673,66 €
