DINNER PLATE

Creator(s): Kornilov Brothers Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

Round plate (one of four) with rust-colored rim and white center. The rim is decorated with three rows of hand-painted borders in gold outlined with black. The outer side border is a diamond grid pattern in with small four-petal flowers. The middle rim is foliate ornament in six identical sections where each section consists of a larger acanthus shape interspersed with smaller leaves enclosing a small gold dot. The inner side border is a chain-like pattern of stylized fleur-de-lis and scalloped shapes. The center features the coat of arms of the von Derwies family. The coat of arms consists of a blue (azure) shield divided horizontally into three parts: a white (formerly silver?) belt across the center, a five-pointed star in the upper part and a heart in the lower part. Above the shield is a knight’s (tournament) helmet with a European ducal coronet and a pair of elevated black eagle wings surrounding a five-pointed star. The shield is lined with foliate ornaments in silver on the left and in gold on the right.

Object name:

DINNER PLATE

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

Late 19th c.

Size:

2.5 × 24.1 cm (1 × 9 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2008.7.1

Signature marks:

mark Kornilov Brothers porcelain factory: a blue shield with a two-headed eagle and a peach-colored banderole below with an inscription “въ СПетербурге Братьевъ Корниловыхъ” (in St. Petersburg by the Kornilov Brothers). Underside of plate The mark most likely dates between 1884 and 1917: see Карякина, Т. Марки русского фарфора, фаянса и майолики, Санкт-Петербург, 1998/Karyakina, T. Marki russkogo farfora, fayansa i majoliki, St. Petersburg, 1998. incised A figure similar to figure 7 clay body on the foot rim "4" in red on the plate over-glaze

Credit line:

Gift of Nancy Godillo Metzger, 2008