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SALTCELLAR WITH A FIGURINE OF A COSSACK

Creator(s): Miklashevskii Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

Figure has fur cap, green blouse, brown coat, green trousers and black boots. Rifle is brown and grey. From his waist hang a powder flask, dagger, and another object in beige and black with gold. Base is divided into blacks of pavement by gold bands. At back is a large yellow and brown shell resting on a rococo plinth in white and gold.

Object name:
SALTCELLAR WITH A FIGURINE OF A COSSACK
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Volokitino, Ukraine
Date made:
1838-1861
Size:
24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.185
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK illegible mark [in blue underglaze over impress], AA in gold, 12 impressed [Underneath]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973