CUP WITH A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Creator(s): Novyi Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Dining Room
About this object
In a medallion on the front of the cup is painted a young woman half length, wearing a costume of the period and a necklace of gold beads. Her hair is brown and her low cut dress is raspberry. To the left and right are Cyrillic initials in gold. Edges in gold. Saucer has a wide gold edge and in the bottom sprays of flowers and Cyrillic initials in gold.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Kuzaievo, Russia
- Date made:
- 1818-ca. 1830
- Size:
- 7.2 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.97.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM H in underglaze blue for Novyi Factory, glaze disturbance see p. 287 Popov initials: Ya. A., IVA
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973