A set of four Russian Imperial porcelain factory plates from the Kremlin service, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), circa 1837-1838, comprising a large serving dish and three dinner plates, each centrally painted with entwined foliate design with central red rose bordered by radiating palms on a profuse cisele gilt ground and enamelled jewelled rim in red and green, 32 cm and 24 cm in diameter, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers. Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836., the artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration drawn from 17th century Russian Antiquity designs. See T. Kudriavtseva, Russian Imperial porcelain, St. Petersburg, 2003, pp. 130-132