[NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Tsar of Russia from 1894, Assassinated after the Revolution) and ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA (1872-1918, the Tsarina)]

Fine pair of China Plates commemorating their visit to France in 1896 the 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.

Item Date:  1896

Stock No:  26700      £500

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