Hermann Seger
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Hermann Seger was a German ceramicist who is widely credited with pioneering the development of the pyrometric cone, which enabled the rapid growth of the ceramic industry around the turn of the centu
A set of fired and unfired Seger cones
Georg Wilhelm Timm
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Georg Wilhelm Timm, also known as Vasily Fyodorovich Timm, was a Russian painter of Baltic German descent, lithographer and ceramic designer, known for his genre and battle scenes. He was also the pub
Hermann Seger
…porcelain consisting only of quartz, feldspar, and clay substance, which has since led to a variety of porcelains known as Seger porcelain. He worked with Georg Wilhelm Timm to develop new methods of applying glazes and engobes to whiteware ceramics. Seger also experimented with glaze formulations, developing new color…
Engraving by Alexander Lebedev
Self-caricature from the endpaper of a book.
Announcing the Coronation of Alexander II
The French Retreat through Vilnius