CREAMER FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer) , Ippolit Antonovich Monigetti (Designer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Service made for the imperial yacht Derzhava is suitably decorated with nautical motifs of chains, ropes, and anchors rendered in gold with black outlines on a green, blue, and white ground. Imperial orbs, crowned A II in Old Slavonic form for Alexander II, and double-headed eagles formed by interwoven ropes enliven pieces from this service. The bulbous creamer features an elaborated design of ropes and chains in gold, medallions with an anchor or the Imperial orb on a blue ground, and rectangular panels in green. On the thumbpiece to the handle is the crowned cipher of Alexander II on a blue ground.
- Object name:
- CREAMER FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1871-1873
- Size:
- 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.343.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crowned cypher of Alexander II [A II] [Underside, in underglaze green]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973