A SOVIET PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, 1899 AND 1914, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1922
After the design by Alexandra Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya, the cup painted with a monk and devil within an interior, with a city landscape on the left, with ciselé gilt leaves on the interior of the cup, the saucer painted with a monk astride a flying devil, above a church tower, marked under bases with green underglaze Imperial Porcelain factory marks, also with blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1922', also inscribed with numerals '93/12'
The cup, 23⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high
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After the design by Alexandra Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya, the cup painted with a monk and devil within an interior, with a city landscape on the left, with ciselé gilt leaves on the interior of the cup, the saucer painted with a monk astride a flying devil, above a church tower, marked under bases with green underglaze Imperial Porcelain factory marks, also with blue overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and the date '1922', also inscribed with numerals '93/12'
The cup, 23⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high