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THE WINNER OF THIS CONTEST IS
Patrick B. Ludwig
Zürich, Suisse
WIN Cobalt Net "EMPIRE" Flower Vase
The Original Vase of this shape was produced by Imperial Porcelain manufacture almost 300 years ago and it is currently at Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, Russia. Decoration: under-glaze hand painting, 22-karat gold Dimensions: 8" high; 7" in diameter at the top; 4.2" in diameter at the bottom. ($115.00 value)
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ANSWERS OF THE WINNER:
1. Bone China: Bone Ashes are major component (about 50 %).
2. Director of Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in 1747: Dmitri Vinogradov.
3. Production of Service: Raphael Service, took 20 years to complete in 1903..
4. Backstamp: Pavel 1 st, 1796 - 1801.
5. Renaming for Mikhail Lomonossov: In 1925, on the occasion of the 200th jubilee of the Russian Academy of Science, it was given the name of Mikhail Lomonosov, the academies founder...as: Leningrad Lomonosov Porcelain Factory - LFZ - Leningradski Farforovyi Zavod imeni M.V. Lomonosova.
1993 Privatisation of LFZ as: Lomonosov PorcelainFfactory.
So in fact, two dates for the renaming are possible.
6. Shape of Porcelain:Arabesque, Blue Bells, Blue Rhapsody, Brides Maid, Chintz ....
7. Designer of Porcelain: Eva Stricker Zeisel, born 13. November 1906 and still going strong
8. The pattern is called: Forget me not
9. The height of the little Yakut Boy with his Laika is: 5.35 inches (according to the catalogue)