PLATTER FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE FOR GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Pavilion
About this object
The oval platter is painted with an Italian scene in the center and identified in French on the back as: Petite Vue prise dans la Vallée Oretho aux environs de Palerme. The border is decorated with garlands of single roses on a reddish ground with borders in gold.
- Object name:
- PLATTER FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE FOR GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1799-1804
- Size:
- 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.270.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crowned cipher of Paul I [Underside] INSCRIPTION Petite Vue prise dans la Vallée Oretho aux environs de Palerme in French [Underside]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973