Exceptional Russian The GZHEL kvass pitcher/ Teapot Porcelain. 1969 By L....

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Exceptional Russian The GZHEL kvass pitcher/ Teapot Porcelain. 1969 By L....:
$3500.00

Gzhel, not far from the city of Moscow, has

long been famous for its rich deposits of

clays suitable for the making of pottery, and,

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hence, for the ceramic industries that grew up

around them. In fact, practically the entire population

of some thirty villages in this neighborhood have

long engaged in the manufacture of pottery, the

more so, as considering the dense sprawling forests

around, there has never been any shortage of

firewood. One could say that it was symbolical for

Gzhel to be understood already in the 19th century

as synonymical, to a great degree, with Russian folk

ceramics. True, it was somewhat earlier, in the

previous, 18th century, that Gzhel rose to fame as a

large ceramics center that produced not only

earthenware for purely utilitarian purposes, but also

Dimension (HxL) inches: 16 x 12 Color/Pattern: blue and white

Condition: Excellent overall