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Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufacturer - XXI century
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In the eve of the 300th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, the history
of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory attracts a higher interest. This is
one of several factories which have managed to survive revolutionary
and war cataclysms, with all this going on for almost three centuries
it constantly has been creating the porcelain chronicle of the North
Palmyra.
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XVIII century · XIX century · XX century · XXI century |
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Lomonosov porcelain today
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During the decades the brand set "Cobalt grid" is of great demand. It has been awarded the golden medal. |
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At the current time the Factory has been producing over 500 names of articles, including tea, coffee and table services, separate items of plates and dishes, souvenire-gift items, genre and animation sculptures, vases, decorative plates and trays etc., which are made of solid, soft and alabaster (bone) porcelain, with over- and under-glaze decoration by hand, mechanized and combined methods, using paints and rare precious metals. |
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Porcelain under the label of the LFZ is manufactured by the samples of the well-known Russian artists, such as A.Vorobievsky and I.Riznich, S.Yakovleva and N.Slavina, P.Veselova and V.Zhbanova, N.Pavlova and A.Semyonova, S.Bogdanova and I.Olevskaya, N.Petrova, T.Afanasieva, G.Shoulyak, O.Matveyeva et al. The Factory also manufactures the replies (copies) of the XVIII - XIX centuries from the museum collection, brand table sets with logos and monograms of customers.
The porcelain of the LFZ is exhibited in the largest Russian and foreign museums all over the world, such as the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, the State Museum of History, Moscow, the Victor and Albert's Museum , London, Metropolitan Museum, New York, and others. In banquet halls of the Kremlin and in the residences belonging to the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church they are presented on behalf of the government to the leaders of foreign countries, they are also used as the prizes at the championships and festivals.
The products of the LFZ are exported to the dozens of countries , including Germany, the USA, England, Sweden, Norway, Canada and others. The LFZ was awarded the International Prize "Golden Mercury" for a long-term fruitful commercial and cultural cooperation.
Nowadays it is planned to complete the construction of a new foundry-forming workshop, equipped with the machinery allowing new technologies. This is to improve significantly the products quality, to increase the selection and the export share. It is also planned to increase the share of unique high art articles, including the copies from the Emperor's porcelain collection.To celebrate the 300-th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, it is planned to develop and manufacture a series of new articles.
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