Mustard pot

Meissen Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This mustard pot comes from the so-called Anreevsky Service given by August III of Saxony, king of Poland (1734–1763), to Empress Elizabeth. The items of the service are decorated with the Russian imperial eagle and the badge of the Order of Saint Andrew, consisting of the figure of Saint Andrew crucified diagonally with S[anctus] A[ndreus] P[atronus] R[ussiae] on the extremities of the cross. The order was founded by Peter the Great in 1698. Archival documents record a receipt for the gift, which was personally unpacked by the empress.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art