COFFEEPOT FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE

Made by: Imperial Porcelain Factory

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

Motifs of military banners and cannons, as well as the cipher of Count Grigorii Grigor'evich Orlov, decorate this coffeepot from the Orlov service. Rococo in shape, the lid and bottom sections are finely painted with a fish-scale design in gold on a dark cobalt blue ground. Romancing putti sitting on a grassy mound form the handle of the lid. The spout and handle are gilded.

Category:

ceramics

Object name:

COFFEEPOT FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1762-1765

Size:

18.4 x 17.8 cm (7 1/4 x 7 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.232.1-2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK marked with the double-headed eagle in black and gold and circle and arrow impressed in porcelain

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973

Featured in publication:

"A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum","Russian Imperial Porcelain at Hillwood"