BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1919

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A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN PLATE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1919
After the design by Natan Altman, circular, on a green ground, the border inscribed with the slogan in red 'Land to the Workers', the centre depicting a factory, a sickle and a wheat stalk within a lozenge shaped band, marked under base with blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1919.'
9¾ in. (24.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

For a comparable plate from the collection of the State Museum of Political History of Russia, see T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi Farforovyi Zavod, 1904-1944 [State Porcelain Factory, 1904-1944], St Petersburg, 2005, p. 277; also see T. Kudriavtseva, Circling the Square, London, 2004, p. 88, no. 7. A comparable plate was sold Christie's, London, 30 November 2005, lot 118.

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