CUP WITH PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS ELENA PAVLOVNA
Creator(s): Batenin Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Dining Room
About this object
The cup with gilt borders and originally gilt in interior. On the front is a rectangle painted with a half length portrait of a woman on a brownish ground. Her toilette is typical of the 1830's with her hair in side curls and a raspberry dress decollete off the shoulders. Her three stranded pearl necklace is clasped to the side and she wears a pearl brooch with three drops at her breast. The rest of the cup is painted with palmettes and scrolls. The sitter is thought to be Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. See notes.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH PORTRAIT OF GRAND DUCHESS ELENA PAVLOVNA
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1812-1832
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.88
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK impressed mark on rim: C3K5
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973