DINNER PLATE FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE, ONE OF FIVE
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Plain white dinner plate with a narrow gold band at rim and on cavetto. A stylized floral ornament in gold in the center. The main decoration is the shield of the Gothic Cottage at the top of the plate with a sword piercing a wreath of white roses on a blue ground. On the gold band forming the outer edge of the shield is the inscription in Cyrillic: "For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland."
- Object name:
- DINNER PLATE FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE, ONE OF FIVE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1901
- Size:
- 3.8 × 23.2 cm (1 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.554.4
- Signature marks:
- inscription [Cyrillic cursive] Za vieru tsaria i otechestvo. Written in black on the gold band forming the outer edge of the shield Translated from Cyrillic. Transliteration: Va veru, tsaria, i otechestvo mark and date [Cipher of Nicholas II beneath Imperial crown] 1901 Stamped in green underglaze on underside of plate near foot. inscription [Small green dot inside foot, near mark] In dark green underglaze inside foot on underside of plate. This was probably a painter's mark for keeping track of piecework.
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 1997