Budianskijj Faience Factory
Decorative Plate from a Pair of Commemorative Plates of the Crimea
1955
Transfer printed faience, gilding
1950s
2.2 x 24.5 cm
Inscriptions: Front: ‘Память о Крыме’ [Souvenir of the Crimea] in gilt Cyrillic italics
Marks: underside: mark ‘64’ in green; ‘1 sort 19’ in a rectangular frame, all in iron red overglaze cat. no. 271
Faience Factory in Budiansk, Ukraine
Budianskii Faience Factory (Budianskii faiansovyi zavod), founded by M.S. Kuznetsov in 1887. Initially produced only faience, but expanded to include porcelain by 1894.