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I offer the book album RUSSIAN PORCELAIN. The author in this book traces the origin of the porcelain industry. In this book, the author calls D. Vinogradov and the discoverer of porcelain mass. The first porcelain factory was called PORCELANOVAYA MANAFACTURA and was built 10 miles from St. Petersburg. The first porcelain products belong to the period 1746-1747 The author tells about the collection of Russian art porcelain in the Hermitage. The Hermitage has about 10 thousand of porcelain. The Hermitage collection contains not only products from the Imperial Factory, but also from private Russian factories. In addition to a large introductory article on the history of porcelain in Russia, this book contains a lot of illustrations of porcelain. For example, a rare snuffbox by Vinogradov. Many products of the GARDNER porcelain factory, the Kuznetsov Factory, Popov and others But what else is important, especially for collectors - a catalog of brand names of Russian factories