Sèvres Nicholas & Alexandra Medallion Commemorating Visit to the Factory, 1896

In bisque porcelain, depicting the Imperial couple facing right, the tsar wearing military uniform, the empress, a kokoshnik (Russian headdress), inscribed NICHOLAS II and ALEXANDRA, the reverse inscribed LL MM L’EMPEREUR ET L’IMPERATRICE DE RUSSIE VISITENT LA MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES, 8 OCTOBRE 1896.

French, circa 1896

3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) diam.

In original red leather box, the top embossed MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES and dated.