Russian Ceramics History

Quality blue and white pottery is being produced in both the world famous blue on white cobalt design and the colorful maiolica earthenware.

Russian ceramics history.

For 100 years the factory produced porcelain solely for the ruling family and russian imperial court. Blue and white pottery. Some labels include the recipe number for the porcelain mixture. Handbuild wood fired pottery plate.

The region forms the so called gzhel bush. If to be more precise gzhel is the name of the region close to moscow which includes about 27 of villages and small towns. Favorite add to see similar items more like this. The region with the same name which includes 27 villages and which is one of the russian centers for the production of ceramics is located 60 km from moscow.

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 manufacture. Art pottery the history of development in western culture. It is believed that from china the use of pottery successively spread to japan and the russian far east region where archeologists have found shards of ceramic artifacts dating to 14 000 bce. The factory underwent its first of several name changes in 1917 when the russian monarchy was overthrown.

However fairly early on these potters started to organize into workshops to increase production. Gzhel is the name of the traditional russian craft of production of porcelain and pottery items dishes tiles other decorative elements and pieces. Vintage soviet russian ceramic sugar bowl green pottery jar retro kitchen decor russian ceramic 80s ceramic sugar pot ukrbaraholka 5 out of 5 stars 11 13 00. Thereafter it took on the name imperial porcelain factory and began selling its wares to the public.

Gzhel is more than just fine china it is an embodiment of the russian artistic spirit. Because each piece of gzhel gzel is painstakingly handcrafted and painted it is a piece of artwork that is individually unique. Gzhel pottery was originally created by potters in their homes. Gzhel is a national russian folk craft consisting of blue and white painting on ceramics.

About thirty villages located southeast of moscow produce pottery and ship it throughout russia the name gzhel became associated with pottery in the 14th century.