Сервиз ордена Св. Благоверного
Великого Князя Александра Невского
(Александровский сервиз)
Peter the Great was about to introduce a
military order named in honor of the Russian
hero-saint Alexander Nevsky, but had died
before being able to do so. He had had the
saint's remains brought from Vladimir to St.
Petersburg on August 30, 1724 and re-
interred at the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra,
founded on the spot where some 500 years
earlier, on July 15, 1240, Alexander Nevsky
had led his troops to victory over the Swedes.
His widow, Empress Catherine I, established
the Order in 1725 as both a military and civil
award and it was directly after the Order of
St. Andrew in terms of prestige.
The Empress's Cabinet ordered the service
for sixty persons from Gardner porcelain
factory in 1778 and it was used on the saint's
feast day, Aug 30th.
Additions and replacements to the service
were made by Imperial Porcelain Factory in
the second half of 19th century.
Великого Князя Александра Невского
(Александровский сервиз)
Peter the Great was about to introduce a
military order named in honor of the Russian
hero-saint Alexander Nevsky, but had died
before being able to do so. He had had the
saint's remains brought from Vladimir to St.
Petersburg on August 30, 1724 and re-
interred at the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra,
founded on the spot where some 500 years
earlier, on July 15, 1240, Alexander Nevsky
had led his troops to victory over the Swedes.
His widow, Empress Catherine I, established
the Order in 1725 as both a military and civil
award and it was directly after the Order of
St. Andrew in terms of prestige.
The Empress's Cabinet ordered the service
for sixty persons from Gardner porcelain
factory in 1778 and it was used on the saint's
feast day, Aug 30th.
Additions and replacements to the service
were made by Imperial Porcelain Factory in
the second half of 19th century.
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