Russian Ceramics History

Gzhel is the name of the traditional russian craft of production of porcelain and pottery items dishes tiles other decorative elements and pieces.

Russian ceramics history.

Quality blue and white pottery is being produced in both the world famous blue on white cobalt design and the colorful maiolica earthenware. Gzhel pottery was originally created by potters in their homes. Because each piece of gzhel gzel is painstakingly handcrafted and painted it is a piece of artwork that is individually unique. Gzhel is a national russian folk craft consisting of blue and white painting on ceramics.

Handbuild wood fired pottery plate. The factory underwent its first of several name changes in 1917 when the russian monarchy was overthrown. Blue and white pottery. Vintage soviet russian ceramic sugar bowl green pottery jar retro kitchen decor russian ceramic 80s ceramic sugar pot ukrbaraholka 5 out of 5 stars 11 13 00.

It is believed that from china the use of pottery successively spread to japan and the russian far east region where archeologists have found shards of ceramic artifacts dating to 14 000 bce. Some labels include the recipe number for the porcelain mixture. The region with the same name which includes 27 villages and which is one of the russian centers for the production of ceramics is located 60 km from moscow. 3 thoughts on.

For 100 years the factory produced porcelain solely for the ruling family and russian imperial court. However fairly early on these potters started to organize into workshops to increase production. Favorite add to see similar items more like this. About thirty villages located southeast of moscow produce pottery and ship it throughout russia the name gzhel became associated with pottery in the 14th century.

Terracotta unglazed ceramic dish. Vinogradov the founder of russian porcelain marked the first articles with the capital letter of his name adding a year or the exact date of their manufacture. Use of ceramics increased dramatically during the neolithic period with the establishment of settled communities dedicated to agriculture and farming. Gzhel is more than just fine china it is an embodiment of the russian artistic spirit.

If to be more precise gzhel is the name of the region close to moscow which includes about 27 of villages and small towns.