DESSERT PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
In the central medallion of this dessert plate a classically rendered image of a man carrying off a woman over his shoulder- possibly Theseus abducting Ariadne following his defeat of the Minotaur - is depicted on a Wedgwood blue groud. A meander and a band of swans and heads ornament the cavetto (the transition area between rim and bowl). Panels on the rim resemble those on the dinner plate, except these round medallions contain a lion, a chimera, and another fantastic creature.
- Object name:
- DESSERT PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1894
- Size:
- 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.537
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; DATE large A III stenciled in gold, 1894 in gold, underneath is a ground out hole where the mark, probably of AII, was removed
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 1994