COVERED ICE CUP FROM THE DESSERT SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE, ONE OF NINE
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Urn shaped body has yellow orange and black ribbons of the order draped around it with the badge in the front. Body and foot have spear shaped green leaves with gold centers pointing in opposite directions. Cover has ribbon around the lower edge and above it green leaves with gold centers pointing downward. On ceover is a handle shaped like a red squirrel eating a nut. larger yellow nut lies on ground. Cup with red ball.
- Object name:
- COVERED ICE CUP FROM THE DESSERT SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE, ONE OF NINE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.4.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK G big blue, impress 0 #42
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973