A Russian Porcelain Plaque, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, 1837

The plaque demonstrating a sample of figural painting and ciselé gilding, inscribed in Cyrillic "S. Vasiliev composed and painted the decoration 1837, No. 83," apparently unmarked
9 x 6 3/4 in.; 22.9 x 17.2 cm