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A SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE COBALT SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, 1893, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1921
By Zinaida Kobyletskaya, circular with a scalloped rim, the border painted with a garland of varicolour flower bouquets and butterflies with gilt ciselé flowersprays, over a cobalt blue ground, marked under base with green underglaze Imperial Porcelain Factory mark and blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, the date ‘1921', also signed in Cyrillic 'Z. V. Kobyletskaya' and with the artist's symbol depicting cross within a square
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter