SHELL-SHAPED SAUCER
Creator(s): Popov Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
About this object
Cup is shaped like a gilded nautilus shell. Handle and base are painted to imitate coral. Saucer is shaped like a large flat shell and gilded.
- Object name:
- SHELL-SHAPED SAUCER
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Gorbunovo, Russia
- Date made:
- mid 19th Century
- Size:
- 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.107.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK monogram of Popov Factory, in blue impressed 6 or 9 on saucer [Underneath]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973