A Soviet faience group "Boy with Snowball" Konakovo Faience...
A Soviet faience group "Boy with Snowball"
Konakovo Faience Factory, Tver, 1959
After the 1954 model designed by Maria Petrovna Kholodnaia (1903-1989), depicting a young boy about to throw a snowball, the underside marked '59' with the date '1959' in green, '76' stamped in green, '70' incised in clay, '1 sort' (first quality) stamped in clay on support bar.
H: 10 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE:
Ode to Joy Collection, Connecticut.
Literature
Oda k Radosti/Ode to Joy, p. 271, illus. 205, cat. no. 296
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A Soviet faience group "Boy with Snowball"
Konakovo Faience Factory, Tver, 1959
After the 1954 model designed by Maria Petrovna Kholodnaia (1903-1989), depicting a young boy about to throw a snowball, the underside marked '59' with the date '1959' in green, '76' stamped in green, '70' incised in clay, '1 sort' (first quality) stamped in clay on support bar.
H: 10 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE:
Ode to Joy Collection, Connecticut.
Literature
Oda k Radosti/Ode to Joy, p. 271, illus. 205, cat. no. 296
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