Reaperess inkstand, Lomonosov State Porcelain Manufactory, Leningrad, 1928

after a 1918 design by Natalia Danko, modelled by Anatolii Lukin, impressed factory mark dated 1928, Cyrillic initials AL, and iron red stamped export mark reading 'Made in Russia'

overall good condition and excellent detail; the inkwell cover lacking but complete with inkwell, good detail and painting, some small wear to the red of the sarafan, some wear to well and cup consistent with age and use
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Danko based this design on a 19th century Russian porcelain sculpture of a young peasant girl asleep among wheat sheaves, a model which she updated with contemporary clothing and the scythe, transforming it into a 'revolutionary' subject. On this design, see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi farforovyi zavod, 1904-1944, St. Petersburg, 2005, pp. 356-357.