BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, WITH LATER BLUE OVERGLAZED STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, 1921 AND ARTIST'S MARK, SIGNED IN BLACK IN CYRILLIC Z. KOBILETSKAIA

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A large Soviet propaganda porcelain dish
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, with later blue overglazed State Porcelain factory mark of Hammer, Sickle and Cog, 1921 and artist's mark, signed in black in Cyrillic Z. Kobiletskaia
Oval, 'Newspapers', the centre painted with the design of Soviet papers, a poster and autumn leaves incorporating the Cyrillic inscription 'Petrograd' and gilt date '1921' around the design, marked under base, signed in design (lower right)
11 5/8 in. (60 cm.)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Sale room notice

Please note the correction to the foot note to this lot, which should now read '...all but one of the titles of each journal, ...'.

Lot Essay

The 'Newspapers' design clearly depicts all but one of the titles and founding dates of each journal, among others : 'Trud' [Labour]; 'Vestnik Petrosoveta' [Petro-Soviet News] ], 'Petrogradskaya Pravda' [Petrograd Truth], 'Krasnaya gazeta' [Red Gazette], 'Zhizn iskusstva' [The Life of Art]; 'Krasny komandir' [Red Commander], 'Valtisky morskoi transport' [Baltic Sea Transport]; 'Krasny Baltisky flot' [Red Baltic Fleet]; Krasny put [Red Way]; 'Derevenskaya Pravda' [Rural Truth]; 'Makhovik' [Fly-wheel]; and a poster for the new spelling system.

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