Introduction, by Dr. med. René E. Felber                                             VII

    Preamble, by Sinaida Metelitsa                                                                1

1. Preface, by Galina Agarkova                                                                   3

2. The Foundation of the Factory under Empress Elizabeth                           5

3. The Flowering of Russian Porcelain under

    Catherine 11 (1762-1796) and Paul I (1796-1801)

    Early Neo-Classicism                                                                            15

4. The Reorganisation of the Works under

    Alexander 1 (1801-1825). Period of High Neo-Classicism                     37

5. The Period of Historicism under

    Nicholas 1 (1825-1855),

    Alexander 11 (1855-1881) and

    Alexander III (1881-1894)                                                                    53

6. The Era of Nicholas II (1894-1917) and of Russian Art Nouveau           85

7. The Porcelain of the 1920s after the October Revolution                      109

8. The Period of Socialist Reconstruction

    (from the End of 1920s to the Early 1940s)                                          137

9. The Second World War and the Post-War

    Period until the Early 1960s                                                                 159

10. Tradition and the Present (1970s—Early 1990s)                                185

11. Production Department of the Lomonosov

    Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg                                                         225

12. Factory Marks and Signs                                                                   229

13. Short Biographies of the Artists                                                          233

14. Register of Names                                                                             245

15. Essential Bibliography                                                                        249

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