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OVAL PLATTER, ONE OF FOUR

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Cluster of flowers in natural colors ona white ground in the center of the plate. On the rims 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 painted various colors.

Object name:
OVAL PLATTER, ONE OF FOUR
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1825-1855
Size:
39 cm (15 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.305.4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK cipher of Nicholas I; Imperial crown
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973