A plaque is a commemorative award item. Most often, they were medals and metal plates with an embossed inscription. They were attached to a wooden base and placed in a prominent place — on a wall or a table.
The Proletary Porcelain Factory also produced decorative wall plaques to commemorate important historical dates. This plaque was produced in 1985 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the factory. In the center, you can see an image of workshops, framed by a red ribbon. Above and below there are the inscriptions — “The Porcelain Factory” and “1885 — Proletarian — 1985”.
For decoration, the masters used decal (an image transfer technique) and luster. A luster is an iridescent dye, which gives a shine to the paint. This effect is particularly noticeable in the depiction of the forest that surrounded the factory: depending on the lighting, the tree crowns shimmer from orange to gold.
The history of the Proletary Porcelain Factory dates back to 1885 when a Novgorod entrepreneur Ivan Kuznetsov opened a factory in the village of Novaya Melnitsa. He brought in the artisans from Moscow, who knew how to work with porcelain, and started producing new goods. The owner also hired and trained the residents. By the beginning of the 20th century, the factory provided jobs to 1100 people.
Later the factory was named after the closest and biggest nearby settlement — Bronnitsa. The factory was open until the 2000s and witnessed many historical events. For example, in 1917, immediately after the revolution, the workshops were nationalized, and special committees were established to control the production of the goods. However, since the factory had no supplies of raw materials and fuel, and almost all of its equipment required repairs, it was impossible to get production up and running immediately. During the Great Patriotic War, the Proletary Porcelain Factory was evacuated in Krasnoyarsk — far away from the horrors of war. When the factory returned to Novgorod, it was quickly restored. By January 1945, there were already 90 thousand pieces of porcelain produced per month.
The Proletary Porcelain Factory also produced decorative wall plaques to commemorate important historical dates. This plaque was produced in 1985 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the factory. In the center, you can see an image of workshops, framed by a red ribbon. Above and below there are the inscriptions — “The Porcelain Factory” and “1885 — Proletarian — 1985”.
For decoration, the masters used decal (an image transfer technique) and luster. A luster is an iridescent dye, which gives a shine to the paint. This effect is particularly noticeable in the depiction of the forest that surrounded the factory: depending on the lighting, the tree crowns shimmer from orange to gold.
The history of the Proletary Porcelain Factory dates back to 1885 when a Novgorod entrepreneur Ivan Kuznetsov opened a factory in the village of Novaya Melnitsa. He brought in the artisans from Moscow, who knew how to work with porcelain, and started producing new goods. The owner also hired and trained the residents. By the beginning of the 20th century, the factory provided jobs to 1100 people.
Later the factory was named after the closest and biggest nearby settlement — Bronnitsa. The factory was open until the 2000s and witnessed many historical events. For example, in 1917, immediately after the revolution, the workshops were nationalized, and special committees were established to control the production of the goods. However, since the factory had no supplies of raw materials and fuel, and almost all of its equipment required repairs, it was impossible to get production up and running immediately. During the Great Patriotic War, the Proletary Porcelain Factory was evacuated in Krasnoyarsk — far away from the horrors of war. When the factory returned to Novgorod, it was quickly restored. By January 1945, there were already 90 thousand pieces of porcelain produced per month.
