BREAD AND SALT DISH WITH RAISED DECORATION SIMULATING CROSS-STITCH EMBROIDERY
Creator(s): M.S. Kuznetsov Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Raised decoration simulates old Russian cross stitch embroidery. In center is the Russian double headed eagle in blue, red and white on a cream colored background. Edge is blue. Rim has a gold background with stylized trees and figures imitating cross stitch in red, blue and turquoise colors.
- Object name:
- BREAD AND SALT DISH WITH RAISED DECORATION SIMULATING CROSS-STITCH EMBROIDERY
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Novo-Khariatonovo, Russia
- Date made:
- 1872-1889
- Size:
- 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.194
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back: in gold overglaze, M. S. Kuznetsov Factory with imperial eagle (see Saltykov #284 p.482 for 1872-1889)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973