Despite wars and revolutions, the final decades of the Russian Empire witnessed a great flourishing of literature, music, painting and decorative arts. The Imperial Porcelain Factory made exquisite figurines designed by talented young artists of St. Petersburg’s burgeoning art scene. The Factory’s craftsmen developed the technique of under glaze painting similar to Royal Copenhagen porcelain that Nicholas and Alexandra collected on their family visits to Denmark.
Two new services were commissioned by the Imperial family. The Turquoise Service was intended for the Winter Palace. The Purple Service was to become the last gala service produced at the Imperial Porcelain Factory under the Tsars. It was made for the Alexander Palace, the last family home of Nicholas an Alexandra.
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- Presentation Easter egg (cipher of Grand Duke Sergei), 1900
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- Pair of Bisque Medallions of Nicholas and Alexandra, 1909. Unglazed porcelain (bisque). 3 7/8” (D). Raymond F. Piper Collection.
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- Plate, Purple Service, 1904-1908
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- Cup and saucer, 1894-1914
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- Statue of a Buriat woman, 1910
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- Cylindrical vase, c. 1914
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- Boudoir “Diana” vase, 1902
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- Red Cross Easter egg, 1914-1917
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- Statue of a Bulgarian man, 1910
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- Presentation Easter egg, c. 1900
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- Presentation Easter egg (cipher of Alexandra Fedorovna), 1914-
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- Pair of plates, Alexandrinsky Turquoise Service, 1900
