Assiette de soupe provenant du service Württemberg en porcelaine de la Manufacture impériale de St. Petersbourg, vers 1815 An Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, soup plate from the Württemberg service, circa 1815 Painted in the centre with a circular view of 'Vue Principale de la Basilique de/ Latran', titled in black on the reverse, within a formal gilt border, te rim with three oval panels of architectural views en grisaille on a dark ground, against shaped yellow panels joined by floral swags, a gilt band and foliate border, 23.3cm across, crowned A mark in underglaze-blue (restored haircrack and two chips to rim) Footnotes: Literature Mauri, Luigi, Fragili Emozioni: Porcellane europee nel gusto di un collezionista lombardo, Milan, 2013, pp. 104-105, cat. 44 The service was given as a wedding present by Tsar Alexander I to his sister, Catherine Pavlovna, who married King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in 1816. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing