Russian Ceramics History

The region forms the so called gzhel bush.

Russian ceramics history.

Gzhel is a national russian folk craft consisting of blue and white painting on ceramics. 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. Blue and white pottery.

Handbuild wood fired pottery plate. Thereafter it took on the name imperial porcelain factory and began selling its wares to the public. Because each piece of gzhel gzel is painstakingly handcrafted and painted it is a piece of artwork that is individually unique. 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.

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. If to be more precise gzhel is the name of the region close to moscow which includes about 27 of villages and small towns. However fairly early on these potters started to organize into workshops to increase production.

Use of ceramics increased dramatically during the neolithic period with the establishment of settled communities dedicated to agriculture and farming. For 100 years the factory produced porcelain solely for the ruling family and russian imperial court. Art pottery the history of development in western culture. Some labels include the recipe number for the porcelain mixture.

3 thoughts on. 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. 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. Gzhel is more than just fine china it is an embodiment of the russian artistic spirit.

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