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CUP FROM A TEA SET, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Artist)

Currently in storage


About this object

Two teacups, two saucers, two small plates decorated with scattered purple flowers, vines and leaves. This is arranged in a line of alternates with a line of gilded flowers. Rims of the objects are gilded as are the interior rims of the circular depression on the saucers and plates. In original box.

Object name:
CUP FROM A TEA SET, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
ca. 1990
Size:
H. 2 1/2 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.551.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK cups: red underglaze Cyrillic initials LFZ "Made in USSR" in English, Cyrillic N below this and Cyrillic Ts for price (Tsena), blue underglaze dot; saucers: same without the N or Ts, blue underglaze dots, plates: same, blue over dots considerably smaller
Credit line:
Gift of Madame Chernomyrdina, 1994