Lot Essay
For similar cups and saucers see N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, New York, 1990, no.6, pp.36-7.
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THE CUP BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, WITH LATER BLUE OVERGLAZE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, DATED 1922, THE SAUCER WITH GREEN UNDERGLAZED MARK OF THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, DATED IN BLUE 23 NO3
Details
A soviet propaganda porcelain cup and saucer
the cup by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, with later blue overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1922, the saucer with green underglazed mark of the State Porcelain Factory, dated in blue 23 No3
Circular, Lenin and Red Star, the cup painted with at the front with a portrait of Lenin, after a drawing by N. Al'tman, a troup of soldiers, hammer and sickle, factory, date in Russian 17 October 1917 and a red star with plough and hammer, after a design by M. Adamovich, the saucer with similar decoration, after M, Adamovich, marked under bases
42e saucer 6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) diam. (2)
the cup by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, with later blue overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1922, the saucer with green underglazed mark of the State Porcelain Factory, dated in blue 23 No3
Circular, Lenin and Red Star, the cup painted with at the front with a portrait of Lenin, after a drawing by N. Al'tman, a troup of soldiers, hammer and sickle, factory, date in Russian 17 October 1917 and a red star with plough and hammer, after a design by M. Adamovich, the saucer with similar decoration, after M, Adamovich, marked under bases
42e saucer 6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Christie's London, 27 November 1991, lot 171.
at I J Mazure and Co Ltd, 90 Jermyn Street, London, W1.
at I J Mazure and Co Ltd, 90 Jermyn Street, London, W1.
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.
Sale room notice
Please note the marks for these two pieces have been inverted. The cup is marked with under glaze green State Porcelain Factory mark, the saucer is by the Imperial Porcelain Factory 1898 with later State Porcelain Factory mark dated 1922.