Not currently on display at the V&A

The City of Moscow

Plate
ca. 1917 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White porcelain deep plate with the rim sprayed pink with the centre painted in pinks, greens and yellows with a fragmented view of Moscow including the Kremlin and cathedrals


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe City of Moscow (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze colours
Brief description
White porcelain plate entitled The City of Moscow, designed by Ivan Viktorovich Alekseyev, made by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, ca. 1917, St Petersburg, Russia
Physical description
White porcelain deep plate with the rim sprayed pink with the centre painted in pinks, greens and yellows with a fragmented view of Moscow including the Kremlin and cathedrals
Marks and inscriptions
a hammer, sickle and 1920 (painted in blue overglaze and an oval of green enamel probably cancelling the original pre- revolution manufacturers mark.)
Collection
Accession number
C.58-1978

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2008
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