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A comparable plate was sold Christie's, London, 30 November 2005, lot 119.
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BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1919
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A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN PLATE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1919
After the design by Sergei Chekhonin, the centre painted with a partially gilt hammer, sickle and a wheat stalk, the border decorated with a red ribbon and foliage within mauve rims, marked under base with blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1919.'
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diameter
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1919
After the design by Sergei Chekhonin, the centre painted with a partially gilt hammer, sickle and a wheat stalk, the border decorated with a red ribbon and foliage within mauve rims, marked under base with blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1919.'
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diameter
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