Live Auction 19802Russian Art
A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN PLATE
Lot 248 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NORTHERN IRELAND

A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN PLATE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1899, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1921

Closed7 June 2021

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GBP 15,000

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A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN PLATE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1899, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1921
After the design by Elizabeth Rozendorf, circular with scalloped edge, the centre painted with hammer, sickle and pincers with factories in the background, the border inscribed in Russian 'Long live Soviet power', marked under base with green underglaze Imperial Porcelain factory mark and blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1921'
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) diameter

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the Soviet Union circa 1920s.

Specialist note

For a comparable design see L. Andreeva, Sovetskii farfor 1920-1930 gody [Soviet porcelain 1920-1930], Moscow, 1975, illustrated p. 109.