13 January 1786
Village Gzhel,
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
Object qualities
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Object
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Author of the objectNikifor Semenov, son of Gusyatnikov
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumMajolica
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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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Date13 January 1786
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 mug is painted in a manner closely to the folk lubok. The bird is inordinately large in comparison with the other elements and its colouring is conspicuously crude. The artist has imaginatively added crown and spreading plumage. The mug bears the inscription, “In 1786 in the month of January on the 13th day this mug was painted by Nikifor Semenov, son of Gusyatnikov. Amen.” He is but one of the few 18th-century Gzhel potters whose name has not been lost in anonymity.
