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DINNER PLATE FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Plain white dinner plate with a narrow gold band at rim and on cavetto. A stylized floral ornament in gold in the center. The main decoration is the shield of the Gothic Cottage at the top of the plate with a sword piercing a wreath of white roses on a blue ground. On the gold band forming the outer edge of the shield is the inscription in Cyrillic: "For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland."

Object name:
DINNER PLATE FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1825-1855
Size:
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.291.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK [cipher of Nicholas I] inscription [Cyrillic cursive] Za vieru tsaria i Otechestva Tooled in gilt border of shield Translation: For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973