A SET OF EIGHT PORCELAIN CUPS AND SAUCERS

BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A SET OF EIGHT PORCELAIN CUPS AND SAUCERS
by the Gardner Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Overall decorated with an ornamental design of green, red and gold in the form of ancient Russian brading, marked under bases
saucers 5¼in. (13.3cm.) diameter (8)

Literature

For a similar design by the Kuznetsov Factory see A La Vieille Russie, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain, (New York, 1991), p. 149.

Lot Essay

The factory of the M.S. Kuznetsov was founded in 1832 by T. Kuznetsov. In 1864 it was inherited by his grandson, Matvei Kuznetsov. The factory became the basis for the "Combine of M.S. Kuznetsov," founded in 1889, which included eighteen ceramic enterprises located in various regions of the Russian Empire. Towards the end of the nineteenth century the company not only dominated in the domestic Russian market, but its products were also exported abroad. In 1902 the owner received the title "Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty".

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