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CUP FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE, ONE OF THREE

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

On view in: Second Floor Hallway


About this object

The bulbous cup 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:
CUP FROM THE DERZHAVA SERVICE, ONE OF THREE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1871-1873
Size:
3 × 3 5/16 in. (7.6 × 8.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.343.4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crowned cypher of Alexander II [A II] [Underside, in underglaze green]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973