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SQUARE PLATE

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Plate is square with rounded corners. Central medallion with a bouquet of violettas on a gold ground. Surrounding this is a border of palmettes against a white ground and then a rinceau of violettas against gold. Raised edge has a scroll in gold against white and green and pink motifs in the corners. Edge is gilded.

Object name:
SQUARE PLATE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
ca. 1820
Size:
28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.94
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973