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CUP FROM A TEA SERVICE, ONE OF SIX

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

a: Teapot; b: creamer; c: sugar bowl and cover; d: slop bowl; e-h: cups; i-l: saucers. Background is partly in white with pink roses and partly in pale turquoise. Most of the pieces have two cartouches (the slop bowl has six) with gold rococo frames and bouquets of flowers in natural colors on a white ground. There is gilding around the feet and rims, and the handles are gilded.

Object name:
CUP FROM A TEA SERVICE, ONE OF SIX
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1825-1855
Size:
H. 2 3/8 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.302.13
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK sugar bowl, teapot, creamer, two cups and one saucer: cipher of Nicholas I; Imperial crown; two cups and one saucer: cipher of Alexander II; crown
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973