Progress Artel (Cooperative Association) of Leningrad
Sailor playing an accordion (Proshhajjte skalistye gory)
1960
1950–1960
25 x 9.8 x 8.6 cm
Inscriptions: ‘Прощайте скалистые горы’ in gray overglaze around front of base; ‘Северный флот’ [Northern Fleet] in gilt lettering on sailor’s cap.
Marks: underside: Mark ‘71’ in red; ’18’ in black overglaze; ‘9’ impressed in paste
cat. no. 174
Progress Artel (Cooperative Association) of Leningrad (1946–1948)
The Progress Artel was founded after WWII on a government order along with many other cooperative associations to provide jobs for the disabled. It had a jewelry (ear-rings and brooches), a plastics (combs and soap-dishes) and a porcelain (china and figurines) workshop. Porcelain production was soon closed and the artel was put under the jewelry department.