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After the design by Sergei Chekhonin, a cylindrical cup painted with three roses in blue, black and ciselé gilt, with a scroll handle and a gilt rim, the saucer painted with a similar foliate design around the border and with a gilt rim, marked under both bases with green underglaze factory marks and black overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, also numbered under base '463' and ‘463/219’
The cup, 238 in. (6 cm.); the saucer, 534 in. (14.5 cm.)
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The ‘Three Roses’ service is among the most exquisite works of Sergei Chekhonin, showcasing his exceptional talent as both a porcelain artist and graphic designer. The composition is based on a 1922 drawing created for the Grand Hotel ‘Europe’ in St Petersburg (in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, Mz-G-53). A complete coffee service is part of the State Hermitage Museum (Mz-S-3225).

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