a soviet porcelain tea service

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II AND NICHOLAS II, WITH LATER BLUE OVERGLAZE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK DATED 1923

Details

a soviet porcelain tea service
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II and Nicholas II, with later blue overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark dated 1923
Comprising teapot, milk jug, twelve cups and saucers, a cake bowl and sugar bowl, painted with colourful flowers and foliage, inscribed in Russian 'V. F or Fre[ze] based on draw[ing] by Adamovich, no. 207/1 or 5/6', marked under bases
teapot 7 7/8in. (20cm.) long (28)

Literature

N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, p. 104, ill. 111.

Lot Essay

This design is very unusual for Mikhail M. Adamovich (1884-1947), who is known for agit and commemorative Soviet pieces. However there is another tea service decorated after similar design by the artist, now in the possession of the State Museum of Ceramics in Kuskovo.

Varvara P. Freze (1883-1970) worked at the State Porcelain Factory as an artist-painter and is known for painting colourful flower designs after S.V. Chekhorine and others.

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