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Saucers (12) (part of a tea and coffee service)

1834
Not on view
This group is part of a tea and coffee service of twenty-nine pieces (69.162.1–.29). The design of the service reflects the widespread fascination of the nineteenth century with a variety of pseudo-styles and their indigenous interpretation by the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saucers (12) (part of a tea and coffee service)
  • Manufactory: Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg (Russian, 1744–present)
  • Date: 1834
  • Culture: Russian, St. Petersburg
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Each (except .19, .24, .25), Gr.Diam. 5-3/4 in. (14.6 cm.);.19, 5-3/16 in. (13.2 cm.); .24, 5-13/16 in. (14.8 cm.); .25, 5-11/16 in. (14.4 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Jean Rolston Peacock, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.162.18–.29
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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