This elegant Cobalt Net porcelain dinner plates are magnificent original design will complement any meal The designs on its surfaces are made with the decal technique, which involves applying a pattern to a porcelain surface from a paper sheet, using super-paint and cobalt oxide. The plates made at the legendary Imperial Porcelain Factory, which was opened in the second half of the 18th century, in accordance with the old production methods of the company. A unique recipe for each type of porcelain was developed by the scientist Dmitry Vinogradov back in the 18th century for the Elizabethan Porcelain Manufactory (now the Imperial Porcelain Factory). Each item is painted and decorated manually, using the overglaze technique. This is famous Russian Lomonosov Cobalt Net pattern, also known as the Catherine the Great pattern. These beautiful pieces are decorated with the Cobalt Net design that originated in Russian two centuries ago when it was first made for the Czar’s Winter Palace in St. The decoration of Cobalt Net, inspired by the service from Elizabeth’s period, fitted harmoniously into the delicate tulip shape and produced a wonderfully noble, classically beautiful whole. These pieces have become the Lomonosov factory’s most recognized pattern, its visiting card. Tulip shape, designed by S. The pattern was designed by A. The set includes 4 dinner plates. The dinner plates are approximately 9 1/2 inches in diameter. They have Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory LFZ logo on the bottom. Never used, excellent condition, but 2nd owner so therefore I put as used. The Imperial Porcelain Factory (now known as the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory) was founded by Empress Elizabeth in 1744 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This fine delicate porcelain is a more brilliant white than the usual kind, and thin almost to the point of being translucent. From its first porcelain bear, hand-made by the inventor of Russian porcelain, Dmitry Vinogradov, Lomonosov has continued the tradition of creating life through porcelain. This quality, demanded by the Imperial Romanov Family, can still be found two and a half centuries later. Please see the pictures for the detail of condition.