PLATE FROM THE ETRUSCAN SERVICE, ONE OF FIVE

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

From the Etruscan Service made for the Pavilion Tsaritsyn at Peterhof. Decorated in the "Pompeian style," the background being a version of Pompeian red, and the border of a rinceau with palmettes all in black. The figures are black and their clothes and accessories in a different red. .1 A young man sacrificing at an altar, .2 a young woman spinning, .3 a young woman carrying a box, .4 a young woman standing and speaking to a seated figure with wings (Cupid?), .5 a woman holding a mirror and basket with three-legged stand beside her. The subjects were probably adapted from a book with illustrations of black figured Greek vases.

Object name:

PLATE FROM THE ETRUSCAN SERVICE, ONE OF FIVE

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1825-1855

Size:

24 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.482.4

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK all: blue ciphor of Nicholas I surmounted by Imperial crown; two marked: 40; one marked A. K.

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968