Lot Essay
For further information on the design for this plate see lot 110.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1899, WITH LATER BLUE-BLACK OVERGLAZE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, DATED 1921, WITH UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST'S CYRILLIC INITIALS AR.V.
Details
A Soviet propaganda porcelain plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, 1899, with later blue-black overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1921, with unidentified artist's Cyrillic initials Ar.V.
Circular, The Bellringer, inscribed on reverse in Russian After a design by [Alexandra] Shchekotikhina[-Pototskaya], the centre of the plate painted with the image of the bearded bellringer with crossed arms and bell ropes, within a black band, the yellow border with black rim, marked under base
9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm.) diam.
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, 1899, with later blue-black overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1921, with unidentified artist's Cyrillic initials Ar.V.
Circular, The Bellringer, inscribed on reverse in Russian After a design by [Alexandra] Shchekotikhina[-Pototskaya], the centre of the plate painted with the image of the bearded bellringer with crossed arms and bell ropes, within a black band, the yellow border with black rim, marked under base
9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Walter Raeburn Collection
Fisher Fine Art Gallery
Fisher Fine Art Gallery
Exhibited
London, Fisher Fine Art, 1978, no.32.
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