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Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Imperial Porcelain Manufactory

Founded 1744
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Place ActiveSaint Petersburg, Northwestern, Russia
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory is a Russian based porcelain company first established in Saint Petersburg in 1744 by Empress Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great. IPM was the first porcelain company to be founded in Russia and the third to open in Europe.