A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PORCELAIN INKSTAND, BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1925

After the design by Natalia Danko, the bust of Lenin realistically moulded, resting on two volumes of his collected works, one volume inscribed in Russian 'Workers of the World Unite', covered by a document with his signature, with a detachable inkwell cover inscribed 'N. Lenin (V.I. Ulianov) / The State and Revolution', marked under base with impressed hammer, sickle and cog, also impressed with Cyrillic initials 'IK' for Ivan Kuznetsov
6 in. (15 cm.) high

Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Provenance

Acquired by Ella Henrietta Preston (1889-1989), wife of Thomas Preston (1886-1976), the British Consul in Leningrad between 1922 and 1926.
By descent to the present owner.