DINNER PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
From the Raphael service of which a cup and saucer were already at Hillwood. In the center of one is Hercules .1 wrestling with a bull and on the other .2 Apollo with a lyre. These are in grisaille on a reddish ground with a six sided frame. Near the edge is a meander pattern in gold and a border of Hermes and other motifs. The rim on each plate has three medallions with satyrs, goddesses, etc. on a red ground and three pedicular panels with sphinxes and in between six form panels with decorative motifs in white. These are from the most important service made during the reign of Alexander III.
- Object name:
- DINNER PLATE FROM THE RAPHAEL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1888-1891
- Size:
- 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.378.2
- 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