porcelain, of ovoid form, the curving body with Gotzkowsky floral relief, gilt edging and gilt painted border, opposite corners of the rim with Russian double eagle and cross of St Andrew, the centre decorated with polychrome painted German flowers and floral bouquet, length: 45 cm, width:34 cm Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords ca. 1744, former no. 54 (Ru)

Lit.:
Meissen für die Zaren, Porzellan als Mittel sächsischer-russischer Politik im 18. Jahrhundert, Munich 2004, p 66-85, ill.; "The "Andreas/St Andrew" service comprises a dinner-, coffee-, tea-, and chocolate service. The name derives from the central decorative element featured on all parts of the dinner service – the cross of the Order of St Andrews, Tsarist Russia's highest decoration created by Peter I., (reg. 1682-1725), in the year 1698. The occasion for presenting the service interestingly only occurred after production of the service had been finished: The wedding of the Russian heir apparent, the Tsar's nephew Karl Peter Ulrich von Holstein-Gottorf, the future Tsar Peter III. (reg. 1761-1762), and Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst, the future Tsarina Catherine the Great, (reg. 1762-1796)."