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An exhibition of imperial chinaware that was brought from the Winter Palace opened in the Moscow Kremlin. Services, statuettes, vases, which were created since 1744 till 1917, represent incredibly fragile works of art. Management of the Hermitage has doubted for a long time if it was worth organizing an exhibition of this kind. Nevertheless about 300 articles that were made at different times at the Imperial Porcelain Works are showed in Moscow. According to Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the State Hermitage Museum, the exposition has proved to be unique as regards its design, narrative and beauty.
The Imperial Porcelain Works was established in the time of Elizabeth Petrovna, a Russian empress of the 18th century. The first porcelains were produced by primitive means. In order to hide defects and roughness they were coated with thick layer of gold, and so the cost of the first snuffbox, which was made for Elizabeth, was equal to the value of a whole palace. More luxurious gifts were produced for Catherine the Great. The empress presented a service containing 300 items to her favorite count Orlov. Alexander 1 ordered views of Russian towns and portraits of heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 to be depicted on chinaware. Nikolay 1 was also fond of military images.
The exhibition gives an excellent opportunity to see exclusive tsar’s services – “Personal”, “Orlovsky”, “Arabesque”, “Yaltinsky”; the “Purple” service, the last gala ensemble produced at the Imperial Porcelain Works, is also presented. Most of the displays have never left the precincts of the Hermitage, so the exposition is unique in a way. To visit it you just need to stay at the Metropol Hotel.
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