Made by the Gardner Imperial Porcelain Factory; Moscow. The factory stamp confirms that it is manufactured 1850-1860's.
Hand painted.
Rare pattern.
Circumscr.: 12,3 cm / 4,84 inch
Height: 6,5 cm / 2,56 inch
Historical information:
The imperial porcelain factory, focused on serving the needs of the
royal court, although it was authorized to produce products for wide sale
during the reign of Catherine II, could not meet the increasing demand for
artistic porcelain. In this regard, there was an urgent need to expand the
domestic porcelain industry. In the second half of the 18th century, a number
of private factories appeared.
The only viable production was the factory founded by the English
merchant Franz Gardner in 1766 in the village of Verbilki, Moscow province.
Thanks to Johann Miller, who worked at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in the
early 1760s and was familiar with the recipe for D. I. Vinogradov's porcelain
paste, Franz Gardner quickly set to work.