English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 402
Five Russian porcelain plates with Soviet Propaganda designs 20th century
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2000
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Description
Five Russian porcelain plates with Soviet Propaganda designs 20th century, four after designs by Sergei Chekhonin, one copying a famous design of a hammer and sickle on a black roundel within a wide border of fruit and flowers, one with two red sickles around floral garlands, another with a central hammer and sickle surrounded by cyrillic letter, the last with a blue hammer and sickle on a floral ground, another plate originally designed by Mikhail Adamovich with a gilt monogram above a five-pointed star, the blue rim with gilded instruments of labour, various marks, 26.7cm max. (5)
One exhibited at M Ekstein Ltd, 90 Jermyn Street, December 14th - 24th 1987, with paper label for same.