Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
 Logo of Imperial Porcelain
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Native name
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Императорский Фарфоровый Завод |
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Formerly called
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Lomonosov Porcelain Factory |
| Industry | Hand-painted ceramics manufacturing |
| Founded | Saint Petersburg, Russia (1744) |
| Founder | Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Area served
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International |
| Owner | Nikolai Tsvetkov |
| Website | www |
The Imperial Porcelain Factory (Russian: Императорский Фарфоровый Завод, translit. Imperatorskii Farforovyi Zavod), also known as the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory (abbreviated as IPM), is a producer of hand-painted ceramics in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was established by Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov in 1744 and was supported by the Russian tsars since Empress Elizabeth. Many still refer to the factory by its well-known former name, the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory.
Founded in 1744, the first porcelain manufactory in Russia was created by order of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, to "serve native trade and native art." The factory produced wares exclusively for the ruling Romanov family and the Russian Imperial court.
Attempts to reveal the secret of hard paste true porcelain-making had expanded to Russia since the visit of Peter the Great to Saxony in 1718; there, he saw Meissen porcelain at the Dresden court. Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov, a talented mining engineer who studied metallurgy at Freiberg, Saxony, invented the formula for the Russian porcelain works established in 1744.
The Russian porcelain by Vinogradov had qualities similar to the Saxon porcelain, while its formula (which consisted of only Russian ingredients) took its style from Chinese porcelain. At the beginning of the Vinogradov period, the motifs were monochrome and simplified; by the end of this period, the fine miniatures were completed on porcelain. Gold leaf for gilding porcelain was prepared from golden coins from the Imperial Treasury.
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