Two porcelain plates from the Private Service of Her Majesty Elizabeth I

The Imperial Porcelain Factory was founded in 1756 during the reign of Elizabeth I and under the supervision of Dmitrii Ivanovich Vinogradov. In the early days of the factory, Vinogradov invented an independent
method for manufacturing porcelain with a paste which was closer to the Chinese and Japanese pastes than to the German or French. The Private
Service of Elizabeth I was the first large table service produced by
the factory and represents one of the finest examples of early Russian porcelain. Initially produced to serve 25 people during the reign of
Elizabeth I, it was later expanded to accommodate 60 people when it was used again under the reign of Nicholas I in 1838.

Special Notice

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Literature

M.Baruch,Masterpieces of 18th century Russian porcelain from the Collection of the Popoff & C° Gallery, Moscow, 2009, numbers 18 and 19.

S. Troinitskii, 'Porcelain Gallery at the Imperial Hermitage', Starie Godi [Old Years], October 1914, p.16, illustration 73.

N. B. Wolf, The Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, 1907, p. 47, illustrations 33 and 34.

Exhibited

The second plate:
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June-13 July 1935, p. 48, number FX (part of).