Butter dish in the form of a cucumber on a leaf, Kuznetsoff.

Antique porcelain butter dish in the shape of a cucumber on a pallet. The pallet is made in the form of a cucumber shoot leaf. Porcelain, gilding, polychrome hand-painted underglaze, removable cover, traces of natural wear (gilding wear). No chips. Collectible safety. The proposed item in various reference books is also presented with a different name for the item according to its purpose - a pate bowl, as well as made in other versions of ceramic material (majolica, faience), decoration (post-glaze and overglaze painting, with and without gilding, painting with enamel paints), in different sizes. Russian Empire. 1889-1917. Dmitrievskaya Porcelain Factory of the Association for the Production of Porcelain and Faience Products by M.S. Kuznetsov (the former Dmitrievskaya Gardner Factory in the village of Verbilki), located in the village of Verbilki, Dmitrievsky district, Moscow province. The mark is blue, underglaze. It includes an image of the small State Emblem - a double-headed eagle with an inscription under it: "T-vo M.S. Kuznetsov" and the letters "DF". (Dmitrievskaya factory). Corresponds to the period of the factory - 1889-1917. Porcelain model number according to the price list -11 (in test). Pointer (shaper?) -2. (drawn) Dimensions: length - 19 cm, width - 16 cm, height - 8 cm.