1847 year
Village Gzhel,
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Kumgan
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumSemifaience
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Geography details
Village Gzhel,
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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Date1847 year
Ornament qualities
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Composition
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Elements
Source of information
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Type of sourcephoto album “Gzhel. Ceramics of the 18th–19th Centuries. Ceramics of the 20th Century”
Author(s) T. Astrakhantseva, T. Dulkina, N. Grigorieva
Description
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The dial of a clock with hands and Roman numerals, and above this in a kind of cartouche the Russian letters “FDK” – most likely the initials of the factory owner. Stylized springs enclose the clock dial from below. Nonetheless, all eleven types of décor harmonize, amazing the viewer by their combination of fact and fancy, and most forcefully conveying the mood with which the craftsman sat down to model and paint this object upwards of 130 years ago.
