Lot 341 D α

A porcelain ink well formed as a bust of Lenin, inscribed "Less political talk!"

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 15:00 - Soviet Porcelain
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

A porcelain ink well formed as a bust of Lenin, inscribed "Less political talk!"

The separate lid bearing Lenin's signature, the book entitled "Collected works, vol. X". With a blue enamel hammer, sickle and cog mark of 1924. H 14.3 cm.
Probably SPM Leningrad, 1924.

Literature

For a further example from the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg cf. cat.: Russisches Porzellan, Karlsruhe 1991, no. 155.