The Girl with a Jug Armenian Porcelain Figurine Vintage, Yerevan Faience Factory, Armenian Soviet Porcelain Vintage Armenian Girl with a jug figurine made of porcelain/ceramic in 1950s from the Yerevan faience factory during the soviet era, hand painted and the author was Khachatur Mirijanyan. Initially, according to the author's idea, the figurine was to be called "Matzoni Saleswoman". There are some cracks on the base of the figurine. Height 13cm – 5.11in Weight 373gr Initially there was a small ceramic workshop at the Yerevan cement factory. But in 1947/48 the Yerevan faience factory was created and organized on the basis of the workshop. At first the factory used German shapes and forms. Only in the end of the 40s the painters came to the factory, these were painter and sculpter R. L. Simonjan (series “Armenian dancing” was her work during 1948-1949) and sculptor-ceramist Vagan Teruni (since 1953 was the floor manager of artistic workshop). In the 60s new generation of creators came to the factory, among them were D Babajan and A. Chakmakchjan. In 1976 the workshop, which had manufactured figurine, was closed and in 1988 the factory ceased to exist totally.