COFFEEPOT FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
Motifs of military banners and cannons, as well as the cipher of Count Grigorii Grigor'evich Orlov, decorate this coffeepot from the Orlov service. Rococo in shape, the lid and bottom sections are finely painted with a fish-scale design in gold on a dark cobalt blue ground. Romancing putti sitting on a grassy mound form the handle of the lid. The spout and handle are gilded.
- Object name:
- COFFEEPOT FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1762-1765
- Size:
- 18.4 x 17.8 cm (7 1/4 x 7 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.232.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK marked with the double-headed eagle in black and gold and circle and arrow impressed in porcelain
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973