Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
The History of the October Revolution: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The History of the October Revolution: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
after a design by Zinaida Kobyletskaya, the white cavetto painted with the titled open book inscribed in gold ‘History’ in Russian, surrounded with finely painted branches, with gilt hammer and sickle, with books and a Pravda newspaper, within green and red rims, the border with gilt and red rims, marked on the underside with blue hammer, sickle and cog dated 1921, with green Imperial cypher of Alexander III
diameter 23cm, 9in.
For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 266 and N. Lobanov-Rostovksy, Revolutionary Ceramics, Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, p. 52