Lomonosov Porcelain "My Garden" Dessert Plate

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Collectible handpainted dessert plate in the lovely "My Garden" pattern. Seven inches in diameter, decorated with 22K gold. Complements both the tea cup & saucer set and the coffee cup & saucer set listed separately. A short history of the famous Lomonosov factory:The first Russian porcelain factory was founded in 1744 by Empress Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great and is still situated along the river Neva banks in St. Petersburg. Russian scientist Dmitry Vinogradov independently discovered the secret of making porcelain and developed the technology for its manufacture. It is necessary to say that in that time secret of porcelain was known only to Chinese crafters. Only Saxon alchemist J. Bottger discovered a way to produce "European" hard paste porcelain. Peter the Great who visited European countries and followed all modern inventions was interested in the secrets of porcelain manufacture. He made an attemption to introduce it to Russia with the help of foreign crafters, but unsuccessfully. Peter I's idea to establish own porcelain production had success after his death. His daughter Empress Elizabeth (1741-1761) hired scientist Dmitry Vinogradov who used local raw materials - Gzel clays and Olonets quartz and alabaster. Credit is also to D.Vinogradov for training the first Russian master craftsmen of porcelain manufacture. read more
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