History
The Imperial Porcelain Factory was founded in St.Petersburg in 1744 The factory produced dinnerware sets exclusively for the ruling Romanov family and the Russian Imperial Court. These sets were made in small quantities and were decorated in gold, flowers, initials, and other designs About one hundred years after its founding, it began to produce and market porcelain for sale to wider markets During the early years of the Soviet Union, the factory produced so-called propaganda wares, ranging from plates to figurines of the Soviet elite In 1925, on the occasion of the 200th jubilee of the Russian Academy of Science, it was given the name of the academy's founder, Mikhail Lomonosov