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SOUP PLATE FROM THE CAMEO SERVICE, ONE OF SEVEN (LATER ADDITION)

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Has center medallion with the cipher EII in flowers and in gold within a laurel wreath on a pale blue ground with an outer border in gold. Around the rim of the plate, also on a pale blue ground, is an arabesque in gold interrupted by medallions, three cameo-like heads on a red-brown ground in ovals and three oblong ovals with scenes in the Pompeian manner on the brownish ground. The two outer borders are of roses.

Object name:
SOUP PLATE FROM THE CAMEO SERVICE, ONE OF SEVEN (LATER ADDITION)
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1825-1855
Size:
26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.315.5
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK cipher of Nicholas I; Imperial crown [Underside]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973