DINNER PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
On this dinner plate a scene, possibly of Theseus subduing the Minotaur, is depicted in grisaille on a redish ground within a hexagonal border. A Greek key design and a band containing winged heads linked by a scrolling ornament decorates the cavetto (the transition area between rim and bowl). Classical figures of a centaur and a herm, pan with the infant Dionysus, and a satyr appear in medallions on the rim, separated by panels containing typical neoclassical ornaments of griffins, dolphins, and other creatures.
- Object name:
- DINNER PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1891
- Size:
- 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.378.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK in gold with large cipher of Alexander III, dated 1888 and 1891
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973