The “blue crockery” with gold patterns from Novgorod were branded products of the Bronnitsky porcelain factory “Vozrozhdenie”. This dinnerware was manufactured from the 1960s until the 1990s when the factory closed down.
For painting, Novgorod artisans often used cobalt — a mineral from which the blue pigment was made. The most difficult thing in this process was to mix and apply the dye staff in the correct proportions to get the right shade after baking. At other factories, cobalt was used to paint individual elements, but at “Vozrozhdenie”, tea sets, saucers, figurines, and souvenirs (mini-copies of local attractions) were completely colored with the pigment.
The person who made the teapot from the service “Novgorod Blue” was the famous Novgorod artist Tamara Gavrilova. She worked at the Bronnitsky “Vozrozhdenie” factory since 1967, almost from the moment of its creation, and for several years she was the chief artist of the factory. The artist contributed a lot to the development of porcelain production in the region: she designed new shapes for dishes, as well as painting patterns, and introduced several products that represented Novgorod at nationwide exhibitions in Moscow.
Tamara Gavrilova’s works were distinguished by her attention to the minutest details in her work. In the teapot “Novgorod Blue”, the artist combined seemingly incompatible elements in order to get a harmonious final look. For the teapot, Gavrilova chose a cubic shape with softened edges and a flat square handle. She added a raised floral pattern called a braid to contrast with the geometric silhouette. To highlight the painting, the artist covered it with extra lusterware — an iridescent metallic glaze.
Gavrilova placed a golden frame around the relief ornamentation and a decorative element that repeated the pattern of the floral pattern on the lid. The exterior of the teapot was almost completely coated with cobalt.
People used the teapot “Novgorod Blue” in everyday life, bought it as a souvenir to remember the strolls among the monuments of Old Russian architecture, along the Volkhov River.
For painting, Novgorod artisans often used cobalt — a mineral from which the blue pigment was made. The most difficult thing in this process was to mix and apply the dye staff in the correct proportions to get the right shade after baking. At other factories, cobalt was used to paint individual elements, but at “Vozrozhdenie”, tea sets, saucers, figurines, and souvenirs (mini-copies of local attractions) were completely colored with the pigment.
The person who made the teapot from the service “Novgorod Blue” was the famous Novgorod artist Tamara Gavrilova. She worked at the Bronnitsky “Vozrozhdenie” factory since 1967, almost from the moment of its creation, and for several years she was the chief artist of the factory. The artist contributed a lot to the development of porcelain production in the region: she designed new shapes for dishes, as well as painting patterns, and introduced several products that represented Novgorod at nationwide exhibitions in Moscow.
Tamara Gavrilova’s works were distinguished by her attention to the minutest details in her work. In the teapot “Novgorod Blue”, the artist combined seemingly incompatible elements in order to get a harmonious final look. For the teapot, Gavrilova chose a cubic shape with softened edges and a flat square handle. She added a raised floral pattern called a braid to contrast with the geometric silhouette. To highlight the painting, the artist covered it with extra lusterware — an iridescent metallic glaze.
Gavrilova placed a golden frame around the relief ornamentation and a decorative element that repeated the pattern of the floral pattern on the lid. The exterior of the teapot was almost completely coated with cobalt.
People used the teapot “Novgorod Blue” in everyday life, bought it as a souvenir to remember the strolls among the monuments of Old Russian architecture, along the Volkhov River.
