Budianskijj Faience Factory
Decorative Plate with a Portrait of Ivan Michurin
1950
Faience
1950s
2.2 x 23.5 cm
Inscription: Front, beneath portrait: ‘И.В.Мичурин’ [I.V. Michurin] in Cyrillic.
Marks: underside: Mark ‘64’ in green
cat. no. 13
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.