Dmitrovsk Porcelain Factory (the former Gardner Factory)
Decorative Plate in Honor of Stalin’s 70th Birthday (December 21, 1949)
1949
3.8 x 33.7 cm
Inscriptions: ‘70’ on the border in white and ’21-XII–1949’ in gilt letters
Marks: Reverse: Mark ‘25’ in red and unidentified artist’s signature
This plate may have been part of a larger series or service. A nearly identical plate with a profile portrait of Stalin in gold above the crossed oak and wheat sheaf with the words Slava velikomu Stalinu [Glory to the Great Stalin] in gilt Cyrillic letters within the white bands in the border at the base was offered at Sotheby’s (London), June 12, 2007, lot 165
cat. no. 167
Gardner Porcelain Factory – Dmitrovsk Porcelain Factory (after 1917)