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PLATE FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer) , Ippolit Antonovich Monigetti (Designer)

On view in: Second Floor Hallway


About this object

The bottom of the plate has two bands in green and black outlined in gold. The rim has a black background on which there are a series of six oblong cartouches in green, alternating with six medallions in blue. The medallions have two rope borders in gold. Four of them have an anchor and chain in the center, one has the Imperial orb and one the crowned cipher of Alexander II in gold. The six green cartouches are decorated with the Imperial double-headed eagle.

Object name:
PLATE FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1871-1873
Size:
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.342
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crowned cypher of Alexander II [A II] [underside, in underglaze-green] MARK: A.D. [Underside, in red]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973