Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Young Man Reading the Newspaper Pravda: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1923
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June 9, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Young Man Reading the Newspaper Pravda: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1923
After a design by Alexandra Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya, painted by Sverchkov, the cavetto painted with a young man reading Pravda and a young woman in headscarf within black and gilt borders, marked on the underside in green underglaze with hammer, sickle and cog, signed and dated in black 'H. Sverchkov 1923'
Diameter 23.7cm, 9 1/4in.
Armand Hammer circa 1930s
Mrs William Henry Hoover
Acquired from the Hoovers Estate in the 1980s.
Acquired by the present owner from an antique dealer in Louisiana, AK in 2010
Mrs William Henry Hoover
Acquired from the Hoovers Estate in the 1980s.
Acquired by the present owner from an antique dealer in Louisiana, AK in 2010