Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Lot Closed
June 9, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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.