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PLATE FROM THE SERVICE FOR THE IMPERIAL YACHT "ALEXANDRIA", ONE OF EIGHT

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Plain white dinner plate with a narrow blue band at rim and on cavetto. The main decoration is the shield of the Gothic, or Alexandria, 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." This service, based on the Cottage Service, was designed for use on the Imperial Yacht Alexandria in 1851.

Object name:
PLATE FROM THE SERVICE FOR THE IMPERIAL YACHT "ALEXANDRIA", ONE OF EIGHT
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1909
Size:
3 x 22.2 cm (1 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.292.4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION [Cyrillic cursive] Za Vieru, Tsaria, i Otechestvo. Written in black on gold border of shield. Translation: For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland. mark and date [Cipher of Nicholas II beneath Imperial crown] 1909 Stamped in green underglaze on underside. mark [Small brown dot on inside of foot] On underside, inside of foot, to lower right of mark. This was probably a painter's mark for tracking piecework.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973