A St. Petersburg Imperial Porcelain Factory charger from the Kremlin Service, circa 1837-38, the centre with geometric stylised foliate boss within a green and gilt border of stylised palmettes, red inventory number verso and Imperil cypher for Nicholas I (1825-55), 33cm diameter Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) was the main decorator of Kremlin interiors for Tsar Nicholas I and was asked to study the vast collections which culminated in a six volume work 'Antiquities of the Russian State'. The porcelain service commissioned from the Imperial porcelain works for the Kremlin Palace is based on drawings Solntsev made for this work, namely the cloisonné enamel and gold plates and dishes from the collections of the Kremlin Armoury, made for Tsar Alexis (1645-76), father of Peter the Great.