A Porcelain Vase, Popov Manufactory, Gorbunovo, circa 1830s-1850s

of baluster form with flared neck and scrolling handles, the front with a detailed bird's eye view of a castle and gardens within a ciselé gilt border against a pink ground, the reverse with an allegorical trophy of the Arts, Music, and Architecture in ciselé gilt, on spreading foot, with impressed monogram factory mark and the impressed Cyrillic initial Zh.