Lot 403
  • 403

Long Live the VIIIth Congress of the Soviets: A Soviet porcelain plate, State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1920

Estimate
7,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
  • diameter 23.2cm, 9 1/8 in.
after the design by Rudolf Vilde, with blue factory mark dated 1920, obscured imperial cypher

Condition

Good condition, with small surface scratches and minor paint wear on the letters and image, visible in the catalogue photo; with a small chip on the foot rim of the plate.
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Catalogue Note

For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 248.