English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 397
A Russian plate in the Soviet propaganda style 20th century
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £180
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Description
A Russian plate in the Soviet propaganda style 20th century, after a design by Mikhail M. Adamovich, painted with a portrait of Lenin, ration cards and the slogan 'He Who Does Not Work Does Not Eat', blue hammer and sickle mark, and a Continental porcelain plate decorated with panels of flowers in the manner of Meissen for the Turkish market, interlaced LL mark, 24.8cm max. (2)
Cf. Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics, pl.2 for the original design of the Russian plate.