Progress Artel (Cooperative Association) of Leningrad
I Want to Join the Pioneers
1960
1950–1960
26 x 11.4 x 12 cm
Marks: underside: mark ‘71’ in red; ‘Авторская роспись О.Е.’ [Artist’s edition, O.E.] in black overglaze; ‘3’ in black overglaze
cat. no. 275
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.