Hello Bronwen, I've checked all foundry marks of St Petersburg from 1882 and did not find any similar. As for domestic market, at that time most...
Not Russian, for sure
Hi Mo, @daveydempsey is partly correct. This incuse was made for the 60th anniversary of the Red Army (later Soviet Army), that means in 1978. I...
Hello everyone, just would like to show you my new catch from a trip. This is a scene from the village life in the Carpathians ( Western Ukraine)....
I have an old tin box of DIMITRINO &Co tobacco. Cannot find the year but it looks pretty old. Says: Manufacture de Tabacs. El Cigarettes Orient....
Not Rasputin for sure. This is Rasputin [ATTACH]
It is astrakhan. I have a brown coat like yours.
Hello @reader, As promised, I've checked on this piece with the people who work with beads. They cannot identify it as Ukrainian. Most likely it...
@reader, to be sure I will check again with bead masters from the Union of Folk Artists who might give me some more ideas. Also, did you ever...
Hello reader, your beaded strap looks beuatiful but, sorry, it is not Ukrainian. First, a few elements of the ornament is not typical for...
I found this at the Museum of decorative arts. They announced master-classes in "funtik" technique. I had no idea what is funtik but I found out...
I have a similar globe which serves as bar. It was bought in France in 1980. Probably Italin production. No manufacturer identification on mine....
Hello wildrose, the word under the mark reads: In Tula (Tula is Russian city famous for its SAMOVAR). This kind of spelling was used before 1917,...
The other day I met an interesting person who makes carpets. Handmade carpets as artistic weaving has existed in Ukraine for centuries. In old...
Thanks for your comment Any Jewelry. I agreee that the girl's costume is modified and pretty general. Probably, it's a collective image of a...
The composition demonstrates how the people of the USSR live in peace and strive for friendship with other nations. The girls are happy and,...
Hello everybody, Just would like to show a unique propaganda composition FRIENDSHIP. I assume this piece was made for the 1957 Youth Festival in...
Hello Daniel, I have the same plate. It is a propaganda plate dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution. So, the plate was made...
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I think this is a cute porcelain figurine. Originally its name is AT THE SAMOVAR. The word "samovar" means that very typical and popular Russian...
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