A rare set of charger plates featuring characters from Gogol's "Dead Souls"

RARE SET OF SEVEN PLATES FEATURING CHARACTERS FROM THE NOVEL "DEAD SOULS" BY NIKOLAI GOGOL, KUZNETSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, EACH WITH A HAND-PAINTED PORTRAIT OF A CHARACTER ON WHITE GLAZE, DIAMETER: 31.2 CM (12 1/4 INCHES), BLUE FACTORY MARK ON BASE

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