Fabulous Tea / Dessert Service for 8. comprising a total of 39 pieces. All  entirely hand painted and gilt in the best traditions of Russian porcelain decoration.  Signed by the artist.  Each piece is based on a story,legend or fairytale.  So each is a conversation piece!
 
This set has been created by a wonderful Russian  Artist -  Porcelain painter Galina Gorbaneva at the studio of Association of Artists “Etude”,which provides training and employment for artists with disabilities, and where she is the leading designer, painter and  mentor.
 
It took about 2 years to complete this set.   Incredibly fine detail and  superb execution that  cannot be achieved  without the use of a microscope.   This  in turn  requires special training and technique,  and a rare artist possesses this skill.  The vivid  colors, details of painting   are so  fine and amazing. Very labor intensive, it also requires  multiple firings at high temperatures of 800 degrees Celsius , that   make the enamels virtually  everlasting.
 
The scenes of Russian life of the days gone by, Princes, Knights and Russian Beauties, Troikas, Peasants and Fairy Tale motifs are painted with great detail and skill  in the technique of  overglaze miniature painting on finest bone china ( blanks of Imperial Porcelain Manufactury, formerly Lomonosov) . 
 

 
The set includes :
 
8 Cups
8 Saucers
8 Dessert plates
8  Individual jam/nut  bowls
 
1 Teapot
1 Sugar bowl
1 Creamer
1 Butter Dish with lid
2 Vases for sweets
1 Serving Tray/Large platter
 
 
All sizes are approximate – Teacup – 3.8 inch  diameter across top, and almost 3 inch high. Saucer – 6.5inch.  Dessert plate – 8”.  Jam dish – 4 inch diameter.  Tea pot – approx 7.5 “ diam and 8.5inchsout to handle.  Sugar bowl – 4 inch diam plus handles and 5.5 inch high.    Creamer – 4.8” spout to handle and 4.5 inch tall.  Butter ddish 6 inch diam  and 5 inch tall with lid. Vase for sweets – 5”diam, 2.5 “tall.  Tray/serving platter – 11.5 inch diameter.
 
This Service is offered directly from the artist's studio.   Proceeds of this sale shall benefit the Association of Artists with Disabilities "Etude". This Association provides rehabilitation, employment and training for  Artists with Disabilities  in  the increasingly rare art of porcelain painting.

All questions are welcome and additional photographs shall be provided upon request.