Imperial Years
Founded in 1744, the porcelain factory was created by the order of Empress Elizabeth to "serve native trade and native art." The factory produced wares exclusively for the ruling Romanov family and the Russian Imperial Court.
The attempts to reveal the secret of porcelain making had been taken in Russia since 1718 visit of Peter the Great to Saxony, where he saw the Saxon invention at the Dresden Court. A talented mining engineer Dmitry Vinogradov who studied metal industry at Freiberg had invented the formula of the Russian porcelain. In 1744 Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, established the first porcelain manufactory in Russia.
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