BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1912, WITH LATER STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY BLUE OVERGLAZE MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, DATED 1921

Details

A Soviet porcelain propaganda plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, 1912, with later State Porcelain Factory blue overglaze mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1921
Circular, Cubist design with Hammer and Sickle, after a design by Sergei Chekhonin, the emblems depicted around the centre in ciselé gilding with red and black handles and the black section of a cog, within green and purple bands, the border with black, red, blue and yellow shapes, the rim with bands of green, and gilt, marked under base
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

For further information on another version, with slightly differing colour scheme, see N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, op.cit., pp.78-9.
A similar version to the present lot, by the State Porcelain Factory, dated 1919, was sold at Christie's, London, 30 November 2005, lot 116.

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