
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819-1876)
Thence by descent
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819-1876) was the oldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I and the first to marry in 1839. For her first marriage to Maximilian, the third Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852), Emperor Nicholas I ordered vast quantities of silver, porcelain, glass and furniture. A well-known company and supplier to the court the firm of Nicholls & Plinke , knowns as ' English Shop', was commissioned to delivered the wedding service. After the early deaths of her husband in 1852, Maria Nikolaevna married in November 1856 her long-term friend Count Grigory Stroganov (1824-1879); the pair of dishes are presumably the additions to the original service ordered around the time of her second wedding.
For a silver tray identically decorated and made by Nicholls and Plinke at the same time, see: Sotheby's, 15 April 2016, lot 22.