Encyclopedia

A reference, not a catalogue.

A reference, not a catalogue — makers, patterns and marks, cross-linked with the objects that carry them.

Index I

Manufacturers

01 Gardner Russia · 1766 — 1892 →02 Imperial Porcelain (LFZ) Russia · 1744 — present →03 Kuznetsov Russia · 1832 — 1917 →04 Meissen Germany · 1710 — present →

Index II

Patterns

01 Blue Onion (Zwiebelmuster) Meissen →02 Cobalt Net Imperial Porcelain (LFZ) →03 Madonna →

Index III

Marks & backstamps

BACKSTAMP

Kuznetsov

1889 — 1917
Green or blue stamp of the double-headed eagle over 'Т-ва М.С. Кузнецова' with the factory town below (Dulyovo, Riga, Tver…). The eagle appears after the partnership won the state warrant in 1889; town names localise production and price.

BACKSTAMP

Imperial Porcelain (LFZ)

1936 — 2005
The interlaced ЛФЗ monogram (Lomonosov Porcelain Factory) in underglaze blue, red or green; export pieces add 'Made in USSR' or 'Lomonosov Russia'. Colour and wording narrow the date: blue underglaze for everyday wares, red overglaze often on gift lines, 'USSR' vanishing after 1991.

BACKSTAMP

Meissen

1722 — present
Crossed swords in underglaze blue, taken from the Electoral Saxon arms. Sword form dates the piece: straight guards (18th c.), pommels (1763–74), star below (Marcolini, 1774–1814), dot between blades (1924–34). Strokes cut across the swords mark factory seconds.