Porcelain NEW ARRIVALS

Tea Cup [Kiev, USSR] Vintage

Vintage "Floral" Tea Cup. Painted flowers on a white background combined with rich gilding and a lustrous glaze. "Made in USSR" backstamp with Kiev Ceramics Factory logo in blue. Pre-1991. 3⅝" height x 4" diameter. About 6 oz capacity. Hand wash, no...

Vintage "Agashka" Oversize Cup and Saucer [Dulevo]

Vintage "Agashka" Oversize Cup and Saucer. Agashka (агашка) describes the folk-motif style of porcelain painting in Dulevo and is also the name of the purple flower. It derives from one of the more common names of Dulevo master painters: Agafia, or...

Gzhel Knight Candle Holder

Gzhel Knight Candle Holder (Гжельский Конь Подсвечник). Vintage Gzhel candle holder of a knight on a chessboard base. Authentic Gzhel from 2001 (dated). Names of the artist and designer on the bottom. 6¾" in height, 2¾" square base. 1 only.

Gzhel Knight Decanter with Stopper

Gzhel Knight Decanter with Stopper (Графин Гжельский Конь с пробкой). Vintage Gzhel decanter of a knight on a chessboard base. Gzhel mark on the bottom. Authentic Gzhel from about 25-30 years ago. 7" in height, 3" square base. 1 only.

Decorative Gzhel Egg

Decorative Egg (Декоративное яйцо). Blue flowers on either side. Signed by artist. Authentic Gzhel from about 20-25 years ago. 5⅝" in height, 2¼" wide. 1 only.

Misha Bear Olympic Mascot (USSR)

Misha Olympic Bear (Олимпийский Мишка). Many Soviet enterprises were called into action to produce a myriad of Misha Bear mascots for the XXII Olympics games held in Moscow in 1980. This one came from Perm, as evidenced by Misha's sash which reads:...

French Breakfast Tea Set [Lomonosov]

Breakfast (aka French) 4pc Tea Set. A lovely tea set from the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory consisting of a 3-cup teapot, a creamer and lidded sugar bowl and a cake plate. Blue "Hand Decorated LFZ 1744 St. Petersburg, Russia" and factory holograph sticker...

Rooster Teapots, Set of 3 [Gorodnitsky]

Set of 3 Matching Rooster Porcelain Teapots. Sometimes referred to as the Golden Rooster set, due to the gold enhancements. All pieces are hand painted on white porcelain. Cute extended grip-style lids. Though these are somewhat common, as a full set of...

"Goznak" Bilibin Tea Cup and Saucer

Goznak/Bilibin Bone China Cup and Saucer.  A decorated bone china cup and saucer that was specially commissioned by Goznak from the Imperial Porcelain Factory, aka, the Imperial Ceramic Works, (and formerly Lomonosov Porcelain), in St. Petersburg...

Garmoshka (On the Bench) [Kiev]

On the Bench (На Лавочке). Kiev Experimental Ceramic-Art Factory, mid-1970s. Blue "book" factory backstamp in English, used from 1960-1975. Original design by Vladislav Shcherbina (1926-2017) and his wife, Oksana Zhnikrup 1931-1993). Porcelain, overglaze...

Orangutan [Lomonosov ]

Orangutan (Орангутанг).  Orangutans are intelligent great apes that can be found most of the time in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. They have proportionally long arms and short legs and their hair is reddish-brown. This piece is 7½" x...

Lamb (Lomonosov)

Lamb Figure. A lamb is a baby sheep. Its mother is a ewe an father is a ram. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber. They are a part of the Christian iconography of the birth of Jesus. Christians are collectively often referred to as a...

"Lakomka" Honey Jar [Dulevo]

Mishka Bear Cub Honey Jar "Lakomka". A whimsical and delightful all-porcelain honey jar depicts a cute bear cub licking his paw as a honey bee flies about round his head. Lakomka (Лакомка) means gourmand and who better than a bear cub to enjoy...

May Night [Polonnoe]

May Night (Майская ночь). Polonne Artistic Ceramics Factory (Полонский фарфоровый завод художественной керамики). 1970s. Romance is depicted as Levko, the young Cossack, puts his arm around his beloved Hanna as she, in turn, lays her head upon his...