Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Flowers and Fruits: A Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
after a design by Sergei Chekhonin, centred with a gilt hammer, sickle and cog within a black circle, surrounded by varicoloured flowers and fruits, the black border with plum-coloured rim painted with pastel purple, green and orange leaves, marked on the underside with blue hammer, sickle and cog dated 1921, with obliterated Imperial cypher
diameter 23.2cm, 9 1/5in.