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Plate

ca.1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain Plate depicting a Hammer and sickle with leaves, ears of corn, flowers and lettering

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with hand-painted decoration in enamel colours
Brief description
Plate, porcelain with hand-painted decoration in enamel colours, designed by Pyotr Vyechegzhanin, made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Russia, ca.1920
Physical description
Porcelain Plate depicting a Hammer and sickle with leaves, ears of corn, flowers and lettering
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.3cm
  • Depth: 2.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A hammer, sickle, cog and the date 1920
  • [illegible mark] (Imperial porcelain mark obliterated with green enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Margaret Mabel Shrive through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lobanov-Rostovsky, Nina. Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet porcelain 1917-1927. London : Studio Vista, 1990, no. 59, p72. ISBN 0289800315.
Collection
Accession number
C.97-1987

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2008
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