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CUP WITH HARBOR SCENE

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

A porcelain cup with a harbor scene within rectangular panel on front. The remainder enriched with gilt grape clusters on leafy vine over robin's egg blue ground. Rim, base and interior are partly gilt. Saucer en-suite with sepia landscapes alternating with grapevine design.

Object name:
CUP WITH HARBOR SCENE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Verbilki, Russia
Date made:
1810-1830
Size:
8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.33.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION G in underglaze blue, Gardner impressed in Cyrillic, 89 or 68 impressed, also: Vue d"Adephie de la Maison de Somerset; additional inventory numbers 50770 (cup); 197 faint pink and probably originally gilt with N270 gold painted overglaze, 6 or 9 gold painted overglaze, two underglaze blue dots (saucer)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973