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OVAL PLATTER

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Russian Porcelain Room


About this object

In center is a light green medallion with the initials of the Tsar Paul I and his wife, Maria Foedorovna, surmounted by the Imperial crown all in gold. The gold frame with a bowknot at the top is intertwined with a purplish garland of leaves and flowers. The border has the same pale green. On this is a band of alternately gold and purplish which is interwoven with a garland of flowers and leaves in the same purplish color. The edge is in gold.

Object name:
OVAL PLATTER
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
18th c.
Size:
41.6 x 32.6 cm (16 3/8 x 12 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.254
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK cipher of Catherine II; XE1829 inventory mark in red
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973