PLATE, ONE OF FIVE

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

Border of the plate is gold and blue with a star of the Order of the White Eagle. In the center is an elaborate composition, a pedestal in blue and gold with the letter "M" and a long Russian inscription in gold letters on a white and blue ribbon, a breast plate with two swords, the whole surmounted by a helmet with the star of the order and the double-headed eagle eagle, all in gold. About these are laurel branches in pale green and various ciphers and dates in gold for Peter I (date 1704), Anna (1773), Paul I (1796), Alexander I (1813), Nicholas I (1831) and Alexander II (1855-1856).

Object name:

PLATE, ONE OF FIVE

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1855-1894

Size:

22.1 cm (8 11/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.344.2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION; MARK in Russian: "For excellance in the defeat and expulsion of the enemy from the borders of Russia in 1812 by the Life-Cuirarsier Regiment of His Majesty." AIII 85

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973