Pitcher (part of a coffee and tea service)

Pitcher (part of a coffee and tea service) by Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Dimensions

Height: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain

Culture

Russian, St. Petersburg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Jean Rolston Peacock, 1969

Accession Number

69.162.3

About the Artist

Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg · 1744present

The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1744 by Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov under the decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, marked Russia's entry into porcelain production as the third such enterprise in Europe after Meissen and Vienna. Vinogradov, a mining engineer educated in Saxony, developed the nation's first hard-paste porcelain formula using local materials, drawi...

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