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Beautiful Clocks, Watches and Pocket WatchesRussian Submarine clocks and Gzhel porcelain clocks featured alsoBack to the Top Small Cat Clock
Size: approx. 7.2' x 4.4' Metric: á 18 x 11 cm This is a cobalt painted porcelain sculptured clock.
Finish: glazed (glossy) Availability: ships within 7-15 business days.
Origin: Russian Federation. Details: Like all Gzhel works, this charming porcelain clock was first
created in a plaster form being cast from liquid porcelain mass. After the first burning
the form was painted by cobalt. The background was kept white. Then the painting was covered by
glaze. Glaze fused and made the surface of the work glassy, giving cobalt its blue colour.
This is a top quality Russian Gzhel porcelain work that would make a fancy gift to anyone.
Related information about Gzhel porcelainGzhel porcelain decorated with fancy blue painting has acquired wide popularity in the whole wide world. Its value consists in its uniqueness and decorativeness. Gzhel ware is decorated with flowers, leaves, bunches and garlands of flowers. They are painted with the only colour - blue cobalt, which is sometimes laid wide and rich dab and other times in hardly noticeable touch of the brush. Touches of different intensity create a rich, bright and very impressive picture. The history of Gzhel porcelain began in the seventeenth century. The porcelain took the name 'Gzhel' after the village Gzhel which is situated in Moscow region. The first documentary evidence about the village dates back to the 1339 ecclesiastical charter of the Russian tzar Ivan Kalita. There, at the distance of 60 km from Moscow people had been long engaged in pottery. Archaeological discoveries confirm the existence of pottery on Gzhel territory since the beginning of the fourteenth century. Gzhel crafters have always made not only table-ware, but also small genre sculpture. These works depicted animals and people in action. From time to time entire scenes of rural or urban life were depicted in such sculptures. For example: traditional tea-drinking, beauties walking or sitting at work, hens, roosters, birds and so on. All works have a uniting feature - hand-made fancy blue painting on white background. They are all truly hand-made! |
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