Russian dish in Gardner porcelain. Alexander I.

Wonderful Gardner porcelain plate made for the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky service, 1778-1780. “The porcelain is of exquisite quality,” said AGOPB partner Leslie Baker. “Catherine the Great was so impressed by the Gardner factory, she commissioned three large services in 1777. The factory’s owner, an Englishman named Francis Gardner, had expert knowledge of the different techniques for decorating porcelain. In addition to underglazed and overglazed designs, the factory also added transfer prints, colored lusters, and relief compositions to their wares.” M. Penkala 164. “From 1777 to 1780 he made three dinner services commissioned by the Empress, the services for the knight of St. George for eighty guests, for the Knights of St Alexander for forty, and for the Knights of St. Andrew for thirty guests”.

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