SOUP PLATE, ONE OF 36
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Cluster of flowers in natural colors on white ground in the center of the plate. On the rim are six irregular cartouches with a white ground. The cartouches are painted with fruit, flowers or animals; usually one cartouche with each of the first two and four with animals, one animal to a cartouche. The animals vary considerably; there is some repetition, but never in the same combination. The rim between them is pted alternately blue or magenta.
- Object name:
- SOUP PLATE, ONE OF 36
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1825-1855
- Size:
- 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.304.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK cipher of Nicolas I; Imperial crown
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973