Article: tea pair Title: part of a ship's dinnerware set made for the Russian Imperial Navy. The set was kept in the officers' mess room on the propeller-cutter clipper Vsadnik, which ran aground near Gotska Sandön Island near Gotland on August 11, 1864. The ship was commanded by Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Alekseevich Birilev (Михаил Алексеевич Бирилев, капитан 1-го ранга) Material: porcelain Manufacturer's brand: Kornilov Brothers manufactory Manufaturer's country: Russia Year: 1861-1864 Dimensions: h (cup) 8.4 cm, Ø (saucer) 17 Additional information: A similar service was raised from the frigate "Oleg", which sank in the Gulf of Finland in 1869. After being raised in 2003 and preserved, in July 2025 the service entered the permanent exhibition of the Hermitage