A saucer from the dining room of the 135th infantry of the Kerch-yenikalsky shelf

Porcelain, decal, painting colors, gilding. Diameter of 158 mm. Almost perfect collectible condition. Glassware of this type was ordered for the officer's meeting of the regiment for a regimental canteen in the factory of M. S. Kuznetsov. The guarantee of authenticity. Rare.

"Partnership of production of porcelain, faience and majolica products, M. S. Kuznetsov" is one of the largest whiteware industries of the Russian Empire of late XIX — early XX centuries. It was founded in 1889 by Russian industrialist and entrepreneur of the genus Kuznetsov Matvey Sidorovich Kuznetsov and lasted until 1917, when most enterprises were nationalized. Great-grandfather of M. S. Kuznetsov was Yakov Vasilyevich Kuznetsov, who founded the porcelain production in the area of Gzhel in 1812. Son of James V. Terence Y. Kuznetsov has continued a dynasty of Russian Industrialists. He, in turn, had three sons Sidor, Anisim and Yemelyan. Sidor Terent'evich founded in 1841 Riga porcelain factory, which after his death, in 1872, passed to his son Matvey Sidorovich. In 1887 M. S. Kuznetsov founded a faience factory in the village of Budy of Kharkov district. In 1889 appeared "Partnership of production of porcelain and faience products, M. S. Kuznetsov" with a capital of 3 million rubles., which eventually became 7 Russian factories for the manufacture of faience and porcelain. The Board of the "Association" was in Moscow on Myasnitskaya ulitsa, 8/2. In 1891 bought the Kuznetsov porcelain factory of Gardner in the village of Verbilki, founded about 1766 Russified English merchant Franz Yakovlevich Gardner. In 1892, founded a porcelain factory in Slavyansk, Izyum uyezd, producing faience. In 1894 bought the Kuznetsov factory in the village of Sand the Yaroslavl province, and in 1898 he bought a factory in the village of sand Kaluga province from malt. By 1898, the "Partnership" became the largest in Europe, and in the early XX century in the factories of the "Partnership" produced about 2/3 of the Russian porcelain. In 1902, Kuznetsov was awarded the title of purveyor to His Imperial Majesty. Kuznetsovsky porcelain was true not only within Russia but in Persia, Romania, Turkey and Afghanistan. In 1903 the fixed capital of the partnership amounted to 3.9 million rubles, in 1913 — was increased to 5 million rubles, the balance amounted to almost 19 million rubles. the Total number of workers in enterprises reached 12.5 thousand people. In 1918 after the October revolution, all the companies of the "Association", except for the Riga factory, was nationalized. Kuznetsov was forced to go to Riga, as their further stay in Moscow was unsafe: in 1920, was condemned by the Cheka for 15 years Nikolay Nikolaevich, grandson of Matthew Sidorovich. A wave of repression came as George M. nephew Nikolai Alexandrovich. They were arrested as "Latvian spy" for the correspondence with relatives, and together with their wives exiled to Siberia. After the establishment in Latvia of the Soviet power in 1940, the company was nationalized and there there. At the end of 1940 by the Director of factories has appointed G. G. Kruglov, former Kuznetsovsky chemist. The company became subject to the trust silicate industrial Commissariat of local industry of the Latvian SSR. During the Great Patriotic war during the German occupation Kuznetsov went from the Baltic States to the West.

The 135th infantry of the Kerch-Yenikalsky (Kerch-Enikalskiy) regiment Regimental holiday — November 26.

1798 Jan 5. Formed Rochensalmsky Garrison regiment, he was called the Garrison regiment of Major-General Bolotnikov.

1811 Jan 17. Of 9 mouth Rochensalmsky regiment and three companies of the Tver Garrison battalion formed 3 battalion Podolsk Infantry regiment.

1831 Feb 14. Third battalion expelled formed on Zameckeho Infantry regiment, in return, it received 3rd battalion Infantry regiment Borodino.

1833 Jan 28. Regiment attached to 2nd battalion, 5th Jäger regiment, renamed the Chasseurs and the of 6 battalions.

1845 February 20. 4th battalion expelled the troops of the separate Caucasus Corps, and on 23 February he entered the regiment, the battalion of the Borodino regiment. Dec 16th-two battalions deducted in full force at the formation of the battalions of the Infantry regiment samurskogo.

1854 March 10. The newly formed 7th and 8th battalions of the regiment.

1856 April 17. Regiment renamed Podolsk Infantry, August 24th is the 4th active battalion was renamed the 4th reserve and is separated in the backup troops, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th battalions disbanded.

1863 April 6. From the 4th reserve battalion and indefinite-selling 5th and 6th battalions of the Podolia Infantry regiment formed 2-battalion Reserve regiment of Podolsk.

1863 Aug 13. Reformed in 3 battalion and is named Kerch-Yenikalsky Infantry regiment.

1864 March 25. Named the 135th Infantry of the Kerch-Yenikalsky regiment.

Seniority shelf rated from 5 January 1798, the formation Rochensalm garrison regiment, which was the predecessor of the Podolsk regiment.