Watch List notes:

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. Biscuit Porcelain Medal (88mm, 94.32 g, 12h). Visit to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, 8 October 1896. Obverse after J.C. Chaplain. NICHOLAS · II ALEXANDRA ·, conjoined busts of Tsar and Tsarina right; traces of J · C ·/CHAPLAIN in two lineson truncation of bust / LL · MM ·/L'EMPEREUR/ET L'IMPERATRICE/DE RUSSIE/VISITENT LA MANUFACTURE/NATIONALE DE SÈVRES/8 OCTOBRE/1896 in eight lines. Diakov –, but cf. 1213.1 (for obv.). Light marks of age. As made. Very rare.

Ex Künker 186 (17 March 2011), lot 7267.