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A soviet porcelain plate
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1913, WITH LATER BLUE OVERGLAZED STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, WITH MONOGRAM OF VARVARA RUKAVISHNIKOVA, DATED 1921
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A soviet porcelain plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, 1913, with later blue overglazed State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, with monogram of Varvara Rukavishnikova, dated 1921
Shaped oval, painted with the scene 'Wedding', after Aleksandra Shchekhotikhina-Pototskaia's original design of 1919, the couple seated at the wedding table with two guests, marked under base, with the old lable of the Lomonosov porcelain factory museum
15 3/8 in. (39.2 cm.) long
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Lot Essay
For the original design by Shchekhatikhina-Pototskaia see A. Lanceray, Soviet porcelain, Leningrad, 1974, pl. 13, illustrated.