Russian Ceramic Marks
Identify a mark by shape.
Russian ceramic marks. The magnificent and rightfully so porcelain pattern known as cobalt net is also linked from here. Links to highly popular russian collector s plates from the 1980s 1990s and beyond are here. Kuznetsov company for the manufacture of porcelain and pottery goods. A few real life samples of genuine moorcroft pottery marks.
Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. Vinogradov the founder of russian porcelain marked the first articles with the capital letter of his name adding a year or the exact date of their. The imperial porcelain factory was established by dmitry ivanovich vinogradov in 1744. Marks of the imperial porcelain of the elizabethan period 1744 1761 since its foundation in 1744 the plant has been known as the nevskaya porcelain manufactory.
Ceramic marks of russia east europe. Below are links to a wide array of beautiful porcelain from the former lomonosov porcelain factory to today s imperial porcelain. It was supported by the romanov tsars. Russian porcelain factories marks.
In 1925 the factory was given the name of the russian academy of science founder mikhail lomonosov. A soviet propaganda porcelain plate by the imperial porcelain factory period of nicholas ii 1897 with later blue overglaze state porcelain factory jubilee mark of cog v hammer and sickle dated 1922 numbered 215 15. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc. Russian porcelain factories marks and signs with examples.
After a design by mikhail adamovich. It is commonly referred to as a lomonosov porcelain factory. In 1889 the new name of the company was m s. Kuznetsov company overtook in 1891 gardner verbilki factory nowadays dmitrovsky porcelain factory.
We have done some really great work uncovering the marks of what after all is a completely strange alphabet that of the cyrillic language of russia. Perhaps the most mysterious and exotic are the ceramic marks of russia and east europe. The kuznetsov porcelain empire swiftly mechanized production when cheap foreign competition entered russian market. It became known as the leningrad lomonosov porcelain factory.