Cup with cover (from a tea service)
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1775 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Similar porcelain services—either the so-called tête-à-tête (for two persons) or the egoist type (for a single user)—were typical wedding gifts from Catherine the Great to her ladies-in-waiting.
- Artist
- Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
- Date
- ca. 1775
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- Russian, St. Petersburg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
