SOUP SPOON, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Spoons belong to the service made in the time of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna), with gold fretwork and rose fleurettes. The oval bowl has a spray of flowers inside and on the outside a gilt fretwork with rose fleurettes, the same design going up the handle. On the top side of the handle is the imperial eagle in black. a: Same spoon, scattered flowers; b: single spray of flowers.
- Object name:
- SOUP SPOON, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1750-1760
- Size:
- 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.228.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK On the handle in the paste with [transcription]. One has red inventory mark 2457; other has black smudges on back of handle looking like 236?
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973