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AN IMPERIAL FABERGE SILVER DISH
WITH THE MONOGRAM OF
GRAND DUKE PETER NICOLAEVICH OF RUSSIA
Moscow, 1892
shaped circular with ribbon-tied reeded rims interrupted by vines, engraved with the monogramm "PN" in Cyrillic of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaevich of Russia
Grand Duke Peter (Pyotr) Nicolaievich of Russia (January 10, 1864 – January 17, 1931) was the second son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich of Russia (1831-1891) and Alexandra Friederike Wilhelmine von Oldenburg (1838-1900) On July 26, 1889 he married Princess Militza Petrovic-Njegos, (1866-1951), daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro. The Grand Duke and Duchess had four children. As was the custom for Russian Grand Dukes (the title applied to all sons and grandsons of a Russian Emperor) the Grand Duke Peter served in the Russian army as a Lt.-General and Adjutant-General.
Marked with "K.FABERGE" in Cyrillic under the Imperial Warrant
"88" standard, assayer's Mark "AC" in Cyrillic for Alexander A. Smirnov and dated "1892", also with the Moscow assay mark
Diameter 36 cm
Weight 1450 gr.
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