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SUGAR BOWL FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Second Floor Hallway


About this object

This elegant tea and coffee service features gilded handles and Italian scenes on a brown lustre ground with large bands of tooled gold. On each side is a medallion bordered in gold and painted with a landscape. On one side of the sugar bowl is the Civita Castelana, which can be identified from the same view on a piece from the dowry service of Maria Pavlovna at Hillwood.

Object name:
SUGAR BOWL FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1801-1815
Size:
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.283.8-9
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Imperial crown underside
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973