SAUCER
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
Backgrounds are pink. Each cup has a scene within a gold frame; b: a fox and a dog; d: an elephant and riders with children. Each saucer has a medallion with a scene; c: man with a pig; e: a rooster and two hens. Also on the saucers are three medallions with gold frames with flowers in the center. The scenes all have inscriptions with identifications on the bottom of the cups and saucers.
- Object name:
- SAUCER
- Made from:
- Bone china
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1855-1881
- Size:
- 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.356.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK green Imperial crown; cipher of Alexander II
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973