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42 and in China. The depth of the collection allows museum sta to set forty di erent tables for twelve guests each and an additional thirty-four tables for four guests. One of the largest services in the collection is decorated with motifs that reinterpret naturalistic and multicolored decorations popular during the 1700s, in particular those created by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in France. Emperor Nicholas I presented this service to his niece Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna (1827–94) in 1851 on the occasion of her marriage to Duke Georg August of Fig. 3: Plate from the Purple Service. Imperial Porcelain Factory (Russian, 1744–present). St. Petersburg, 1905– 8. Porcelain. Gi of Eleanor Close Barzin, 1974 (25.391). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, photographed by Edward Owen. Fig. 4: Plates from the Turkey Service. Mancioli Manufactory (Italian, 1946–present). Montelupo, Italy, 1956–57. Glazed earthenware. Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973 (27.27.3). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, photographed by John Dean.