The “Golden Tulip” coffee set consisted of 21 items and was designed for six people. It included cups, saucers, a teapot, a sugar bowl, and a milk jug.
The “Golden Tulip” was first manufactured at the porcelain factory “Proletary” in 1974. They used templates to produce the coffee sets at the factories, those templates determined the shape and the design of the dishes. For instance, oval, conical, round, with or without handles, with legs, or on a tray.
The basis for the “Golden Tulip” coffee set was the “Seagull” template, which was developed by the pattern maker Elena Koryakina. It was also used for other coffee sets, but the dishes with tulips remained the most popular ones.
The most distinctive feature of the coffee pot from the museum collection was the painting.
The combination of pink, black, and gold gave the familiar pattern a fresh look. A bouquet of tulips was painted on the dishes, but the composition of the painting was not simple. The factory’s artists placed black flowers at the bottom, to add more weight to the composition. There was a row of golden tulips in the middle and a row of pink ones on top. The color changed from darker to lighter shades, and the shape of the coffee pot seemed to be elongated upwards.
Immediately after the release, the “Golden Tulip” was awarded a state quality mark — it looked like a pentagon stamp with the letters “USSR” on it. The stamp signified that the item passed all the necessary tests and met the state standards.
The coffee set was made at the porcelain factory “Proletary”, which dates back to 1882. At that time, pottery and brick factories were built in the village of Bronnitsy, and ten years later a porcelain factory was opened at this place. The porcelain makers and all the necessary equipment were brought here from Moscow.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Bronnitsky porcelain factory was very successful: 1100 people were working at the factory, they produced around 890 tons of items per year. In 1922, on the initiative of the workers, the factory was renamed and called “Proletary”. Soon, it stopped manufacturing ceramic items and switched to the production of porcelain. The factory worked up until the mid-1990s, and then bankruptcy proceedings were initiated.
The “Golden Tulip” was first manufactured at the porcelain factory “Proletary” in 1974. They used templates to produce the coffee sets at the factories, those templates determined the shape and the design of the dishes. For instance, oval, conical, round, with or without handles, with legs, or on a tray.
The basis for the “Golden Tulip” coffee set was the “Seagull” template, which was developed by the pattern maker Elena Koryakina. It was also used for other coffee sets, but the dishes with tulips remained the most popular ones.
The most distinctive feature of the coffee pot from the museum collection was the painting.
The combination of pink, black, and gold gave the familiar pattern a fresh look. A bouquet of tulips was painted on the dishes, but the composition of the painting was not simple. The factory’s artists placed black flowers at the bottom, to add more weight to the composition. There was a row of golden tulips in the middle and a row of pink ones on top. The color changed from darker to lighter shades, and the shape of the coffee pot seemed to be elongated upwards.
Immediately after the release, the “Golden Tulip” was awarded a state quality mark — it looked like a pentagon stamp with the letters “USSR” on it. The stamp signified that the item passed all the necessary tests and met the state standards.
The coffee set was made at the porcelain factory “Proletary”, which dates back to 1882. At that time, pottery and brick factories were built in the village of Bronnitsy, and ten years later a porcelain factory was opened at this place. The porcelain makers and all the necessary equipment were brought here from Moscow.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Bronnitsky porcelain factory was very successful: 1100 people were working at the factory, they produced around 890 tons of items per year. In 1922, on the initiative of the workers, the factory was renamed and called “Proletary”. Soon, it stopped manufacturing ceramic items and switched to the production of porcelain. The factory worked up until the mid-1990s, and then bankruptcy proceedings were initiated.
