Plate, 1755–60, Russian, St. Petersburg, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 10 1/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The Imperial

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Plate, 1755–60, Russian, St. Petersburg, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 10 1/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The Imperial Porcelain Factory was established in 1744 by the Empress Elizabeth I (r. 1741–61). For several years production was hampered by unreliable or inexperienced workmen, but by the 1750s the factory had begun producing porcelain in the Meissen style

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