CUP WITH ALLEGORICAL SCENE
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
Cup has painted on the front an allegorical scene connected with a 25th anniversary. To left is a veiled woman pointing to some letters written on a tablet. Next is a woman holding a book and looking upward. In center is painted a marble pedestal on which rest marble busts with a Cupid holding a banderole above them. At right is a female figure holding an anchor. In background are mountains and evergreen trees. Rest of cup is decorated with two lyres each with laurel leaves in gold on a white ground.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH ALLEGORICAL SCENE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1843
- Size:
- 8.7 × 9.2 cm (3 7/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.38
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION impress: Gardner in Cyrillic, St. George and the Dragon, 9+, in underglaze blue: two dots; inscription: 25, Zum 24 Januar 1843
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973