Lot Essay
This exhibition was a state-sponsored fair which was both agricultural and arts and sciences oriented, the fair showed farm machinery as well as examples of the work of Russian artists and applied artists.
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A RUSSIAN TÔLE PEINTE TRAY ON STAND
THE TRAY CIRCA 1896
The oval dished tray top decorated with a scene depicting the entrance to the All Russian Industrial Art Exhibition, Novgorod, 1896, within a scroll and flower decorated border on a later faux bamboo stand--19¾in. (50.1cm.) high, 27¼in. (89cm.) wide, 21½in. (54.5cm.) diameter
THE TRAY CIRCA 1896
The oval dished tray top decorated with a scene depicting the entrance to the All Russian Industrial Art Exhibition, Novgorod, 1896, within a scroll and flower decorated border on a later faux bamboo stand--19¾in. (50.1cm.) high, 27¼in. (89cm.) wide, 21½in. (54.5cm.) diameter