Russian Lomonosof Colbalt Net Coffee Set in Phoenix, Arizona For Sale

If you enjoy Russian collectibles this Cobalt Net Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee Set is for you. This Cobalt Net Coffee Set includes: 6 coffee cups each measuring 2 1/2" tall and 2 3/4" in diameter; 6 saucers each measuring 4 1/2" in diameter; 6 desert plates each measuring 6" diameter; coffee pot with a lid measuring 8" tall, and 5" widest diameter and lid measuring 2 1/2" in diameter. Sugar bowl with a lid: measuring 4 1/2" tall and 4 " widest diameter. Creamer measuring 3 1/2" tall, and 4" diameter; Bowl measuring 8-1/2 inches in diameter. Each piece has a red stamp of the factory on the bottom "Made in Russia".
The Lomonosov Porcelain Factory sits on the banks of the Neva river in St. Petersburg, Russia where it was founded in xxxx. This was the first porcelain factory in Russia and one of the earliest in Europe. The opulent era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries provided a ready market for the factory's production of fine dacite porcelain figurines and dish ware. European nobility commissioned luxurious items for gifts and for their own estates and the factory grew with the demand for its products.
From the mid-19th century until the Revolution of xxxx the factory was known as the Imperial Porcelain Factory. After the October Revolution the factory was nationalised and renamed the State Porcelain Works. Finally, in xxxx, it received its current name Lomonosov in honor of Mikhail Lomonosov, the founder of Russia's Academy of Science. Until the disintegration of the Soviet Union in xxxx, the factory was commonly referred to as the Leningrad Lomonosov Porcelain Works.
Today, Lomonosov porcelain remains in high demand. The most popular pattern for Lomonosov dishware is called Cobalt Net. This pattern has been exclusive to the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory for over 50 years. The pattern is skillfully hand painted using cobalt blue (made from mineral cobalt) and 22 karat gold. The pattern is a combination of intersecting lines of cobalt blue with inverted tear drops of cobalt blue and gold accents.