The Imperial Porcelain Factory is a producer of handpainted ceramics in St Petersburg, Russia. Established by Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogrador in the town of Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) in 1744.
LFZ became privatised in 1993 as 'The Lomonosov Porcelain Factory' however, on 29th May 2005 the stockholder passed revolution to return to their pre-soviet name 'The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory', the first post-soviet export backstamp was a red LFZ monogram with 'Made in Russia' stamped in red, after 2002 a new export backstamp appeared which featured red or blue LFZ monogram and then later in black print with a 2 headed eagle.
