Bidspirit auction | SOVIET NATHAN ALTMAN DESIGNED PORCELAIN

SOVIET NATHAN ALTMAN DESIGNED PORCELAIN LENIN BEAKER, 1926 - A Soviet State Porcelain Factory agitation porcelain beaker designed by Nathan Isaevich Altman (Russian/Soviet, 1889–1970) and executed at the factory, Leningrad, dated 1926. Of tapering handleless cylindrical form glazed on the exterior in a matte greyish-beige ground and on the interior in glossy white beneath a gilt-trimmed mouth rim, the front is finely hand-painted in overglaze iron-red with a right-facing profile portrait of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin created from Altman's 1920 drawing from life, above a black overglaze Cyrillic facsimile signature reading ”В. Ульянов (Ленин)” (V. Ulyanov [Lenin]). Marked on the white glazed underside with the green State Porcelain Factory hammer, sickle, and cogwheel emblem above the date ”1926,” and accompanied by two Doyle, New York paper auction tags dated October 28, 2020, lot 170. Literature: Compare Elvira Sametskaya, Sovetsky Agitatsionny Farfor (Soviet Agitational Porcelain), Moscow, 2004, illustrated in the section of works from N. Altman's original by unknown factory artists. USSR, Lomonosov, propaganda, avant-garde, revolutionary, Bolshevik, St. Petersburg, Petrograd, cup, tumbler, mug, collectible. Dimensions H: 5 in. All measurements are approximate. Condition Overall very good condition consistent with age and 1920s manufacture. The gilt rim shows light rubbing and tiny firing specks, while the glazed surfaces display scattered kiln pinholes and minor handling wear. The foot ring shows light shelf wear and the stamped date has a faint initial digit, with no cracks or repairs