The history of porcelain production in Russia began with the foundation of the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St.Petersburg in 1744. The Imperial Porcelain Factory manufactured porcelain exclusively for the Imperial court, obliging even the aristocracy to order services and works of decorative porcelain from the Meissen Manufactory in Germany. A further two decades had to pass before the first private factory was founded in Russia. Following a series of unsuccessful attempts by Russian merchants, an English banker called Francis Gardner opened a manufactory.

Формат: 25 см х 32 см. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Государственный Русский музей. Альманах, №34, 2003. Porcelain in Russia: 18th-19th Centuries: The Gardner Factory (Елена Иванова)