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From a series of ornithological plates made for the American market, of which there are twelve examples in the Hilwood Museum, Washington.
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BY THE KORNILOV FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
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Six ornithological plates
by the Kornilov Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Circular, the centres painted with stylized quails, goose, blackbird, snipe, water-hen and kingfisher, the rims decorated with pan-Slavic geometric motifs, marked under bases
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) diam. (6)
by the Kornilov Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Circular, the centres painted with stylized quails, goose, blackbird, snipe, water-hen and kingfisher, the rims decorated with pan-Slavic geometric motifs, marked under bases
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) diam. (6)
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