PLATE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Kornilov Brothers Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
In center of plate is the double-headed eagle adorned with orange and green ribbons against a white ground. Border is decorated in old Russian style with strapwork alternating with words of inscription (reminiscent of Viaz script).
- Object name:
- PLATE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1900
- Size:
- 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.161.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back: stamp of Kornilov factory, rectangle with bear on jade green ground with J.H.V. / Made in Russia / by Kornilow Bros., overglaze red 38 INSCRIPTION inscription in Cyrillic: Хлеба ни куска такъ и въ тереме тоска [There is not a piece of bread so that it's dreary in the terem]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973