USSR Vintage GZHEL Porcelain Cheese Board Hand Painted second half XX century

USSR Vintage  GZHEL Porcelain Cheese Board/Hot Pad Hand Painted second half of the XX century

Manufacturer: Recyca Porcelain Plant ()

The Recyca plant on production of the porcelain equipment is one of the oldest industrial enterprises of Gzhel. Its history ascends by 1858 when in of Recyca of the former Bronnitsy County of the Moscow province the entrepreneur Mikhail Matveevich Kurinov founded the plant. From it the plant passed to the son Mikhail, in 1882 - to the wife of the last Eudoxia Ivanovna, and after her death in 1890 - to the grandson of the founder Maxim. The plant relied in the work on use of local raw materials - clay and fuel (firewood, peat), workers also were from these places. In the second half of the 19th century due to various reasons many private zavodik of of Recyca on production of pottery were ruined. Kurinov M. M. plant survived and exists up to now.

Height : 20 сm

Width : 14,5 сm

Thickness : 1 сm

Gzhel - one of the traditional Russian centers of production of ceramics and the known national art trade of Russia. Make products in the Moscow region, in the extensive area from 27 villages called "The Gzhel bush". Professional masters keep traditions of a list and create true masterpieces. To it the graceful list in blue tones on a white background is characteristic. Images of birds, flowers and patterns are considered traditional. 

The figurine is made of high-quality porcelain. The product is arranged by an easy list which combines simple lines and ornaments with beautiful flower patterns. The painted product is dipped into white glaze and burned in the furnace at a temperature about 1400 °C. After roasting glaze becomes transparent, the product purchases glossy gloss and hardness, and the drawing is shown in all the beauty, playing shades of color from gentle-blue to deep blue.

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