1855 -1881
Decorated on the front of the cup and the cavetto of the saucer with the Romanov double-headed eagle with three crowns and the Imperial Order of St. Andrew. On the body of the eagle two medallions, one with the arms of the imperial family, the other identified as the arms of Holstein-Gottorp.
13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Fritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
17th centuryBritishAlabaster
EgyptianSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryBritishProbably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanSilver
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware with cord impressed decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseGrayish brown agate with brown mottles
19th centuryChinese