Porcelain, colored, with gold highlights
Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1918-23
Presumably Lomonosov Porcelain Factory - Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg, established in 1744
After a model by Natalia Danko (1892-1942)
Inscribed on the base ‘N. Danko’ as well as monogrammed ‘FB’ and dated ‘1918’
Figure of a sailor sculpted in the round
Height: 16.5 cm
Very good condition

As early as the late 18th century the manufactory started producing porcelain figures, which portrayed representatives of different nations and different classes. With the acquisition of the workshop by Natalia Yakovlevna Dankow (1892-1942) a new, post-revolutionary type, e.g. the sailor or worker delivering a speech, was included in the production. Offered figurine depicting a sailor belongs in this very series.



Condition:

The porcelain figure is in a very good condition with smaller signs of age and wear. At the left knee a tiny touched-up chip. In places abrasion and smallest defects of the glaze. The height measures 16.5 cm.



Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (est. 1744)

Besides Meissen and Vienna, the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory is one of the oldest and most important European manufactories at the time of the Czars. It was established by Dmitri Ivanovich Vinogradov in 1744 by order of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. All historical periods of European and Russian porcelain history are manifested in the manufactory’s pieces. From 1952 until 2005, the manufactory was named Lomonosov. It was then renamed in ‘St. Petersburg Imperial Porcelain Factory’. The factory still produces the highest-quality porcelain in the luxury segment.

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