SAUCE BOWL
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Shaped like an oval basket with a fretwork in gold and blue fleurettes where the frets cross. There is a green rope border at the top and bottom. The handles are shaped like green branches and leaves with blue flowers. In the inside on the bottom is a spray of flowers. Previously miscatalogued as a salt cellar, the piece is a sauce boat as identified by Dr. Tina Khmelnitskaya of the Hermitage.
- Object name:
- SAUCE BOWL
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1750-1760
- Size:
- 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.226
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK in the glaze with [transcription]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973