Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876

by Charles Wyllys Elliott

Fig. 161.—Russian Porcelain.

The piece shown in Fig. 161 is a teapot, of superior glaze and finish, from Mr. Wales’s collection; the handle and spout are peculiar, finishing, as they do, with the neck and head of a bird, ending at the base of the spout in a small wing-decoration. The paste, the glaze, and the painting of the teapot and the cup and saucer are excellent.

The Russian marks most used are:

A mark in blue, supposed to be an early one.	The Empress Catherine II.’s mark (1762 to 1796).	The Emperor Paul’s mark (1796 to 1801).
The Emperor Alexander I.’s mark (1801 to 1825).	The Emperor Nicholas’s mark (1825 to 1855).	The mark now is a crown, with the letter A in script, Alexander II.