COVER FOR CUP
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
Cup has on the front a gold bordered medallion with a monogram in gold. At either side are swags of flowers in polychrome colors and above an inscription in black. The saucer has a landscape with tree and harbour with buildings. Around this central medallion are swags of flowers in polychrome matching those on the cup.
- Object name:
- COVER FOR CUP
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1795-1801
- Size:
- 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.257.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK above medallion: Loge toujour L'ami di mon coeur; mark in blue cipher of Paul and Imperial crown for Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973