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SAUCER FROM THE DEFENSE (OBORONNYI [TACHANKA]) SERVICE, ONE OF SIX

Creator(s): Sergei Efremovich Sazonov (Designer) , Dmitrovsk Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

In the rectangular panel on each cup is painted a scene of a Cossack raid. Mounted cossacks are riding to the attack against the background of a burning village, etc. on a ground of plum with some gilding. Each saucer has four panels in the outer section; in two, different seascapes and two are plum colored with gilding. a-c: 4 horses with riders carrying swords, explosion in background; d: 4 horses drawing a carriage with three men trying to escape the shots of another horseman in the distance; e: three soldiers on horses at th shore of a lake / sea; f: a soldier on a horse and one on foot, apparently scouts; g,h: scenes with explosions; i: field, road, dead tree; j: sea and rocks; k,l: a scene in blue and green with stream, pine tree, mountains.

Object name:
SAUCER FROM THE DEFENSE (OBORONNYI [TACHANKA]) SERVICE, ONE OF SIX
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
USSR: Verbilki
Date made:
1936
Size:
13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.418.12
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK under: stamp of a Soviet factory; Dmitrovski
Credit line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974