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CUP FROM A TEA SERVICE, ONE OF SIX

Creator(s): Nikolai Mikhailovich Suetin (Designer) , Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

All pieces except the saucers are rectangular in shape. All are painted with two scenes of Russian monuments or buildings in colors, except the teapot which has one scene and one portrait of a Russian artist. In addition, there are decorative motifs in blue and gold. The rest of each piece has two pale blue panels and other panels in white.

Object name:
CUP FROM A TEA SERVICE, ONE OF SIX
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
USSR: Leningrad
Date made:
1937
Size:
6.5 × 7.6 cm (2 9/16 × 3 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.407.15
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION; MARK bottom: "Made for the Ambassador of the United States, Joseph E. Davies, Leningrad 1937." green underglaze Cyrillic initials LFZ, black overglaze in Cyrillic NKTP zav im Lomonosova
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973