Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons

Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons

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Here is a Book, Hammer, and Sickle for All Those Who are Brave and Young at Heart: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921

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June 9, 03:58 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Here is a Book, Hammer, and Sickle for All Those Who are Brave and Young at Heart: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921


After the design by Rudolf Vilde, the cavetto decorated with a closed book and a hammer and sickle, the border inscribed 'Here is a Book, Hammer, and Sickle for All Those Who are Brave and Young at Heart / St.[ate] Publish.[er]' marked on the underside in blue underglaze with hammer, sickle and cog, 1921, and in green underglaze with IPF monogram for Nicholas II, 1899

diameter 25 cm, 9 7/8 in.

For a comparably designed plate, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 248