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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4329910, member: 2844&quot;]Catherine the Great&#039;s favourite was actually &#039;celeste bleu&#039; by Sèvres. She commissioned a &#039;celeste bleu&#039; service from Sèvres and personally checked the progress of the colour and design. She sent Sèvres&#039; samples back several times because they weren&#039;t to her liking.</p><p>She did commission the creamware &#039;Frog Service&#039; from the English Wedgwood company, but like many Russian royals, she preferred French porcelain. (She was German-born, btw)</p><p><br /></p><p>It was EII. E stands for Ekatarina, Catherine in Russian, II because she was Catherine II.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of Catherine&#039;s favourite 700 piece &#039;celeste bleu&#039; dinner set by Sèvres, and a few other knickknacks:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]355951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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