VASE WITH A SCENE OF THE ALEXANDER COLUMN ON PALACE SQUARE, ST. PETERSBURG, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Batenin Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The vase is part of a pair. Both vases are urn shaped with foliate scroll handles, pedestal feet, and square bases. They are gilded with engraved designs—lyres and cornucopias with flowers. Each has a panel reserved on the front and painted with a scene. This vase depicts a scene with the Alexander Column on Palace Square in St. Petersburg.
- Object name:
- VASE WITH A SCENE OF THE ALEXANDER COLUMN ON PALACE SQUARE, ST. PETERSBURG, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1830
- Size:
- 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.92.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973