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

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

Plain white soup 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:

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

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1898

Size:

4.8 x 24.8 cm (1 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.293.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION [Cyrillic cursive] Za vieru tsaria i otechestvo. Written in black on gold band of shield. Translation: For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland. mark and date [Cipher of Nicholas II beneath the imperial crown] 1898 Stamped in green underglaze on underside near foot. mark [Three small, smeared green dots or other marks inside foot] Underside, inside foot. These are probably painter's marks used to be track piecework.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973