1468018

Early Soviet Civil War Porcelain Cup & Saucer #1468018

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Early Soviet Civil War Porcelain Cup & Saucer #1468018
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<p>The Russian cup and saucer was painted
deep in the Soviet era to commemorate one of
the most turbulent times of Russian history:
the Civil War of 1918-21 (see note below).
Created between 1935 and 1946 by the
Dimitrov Factory near Moscow, the porcelain is
of high quality with crisp detail and vivid color.
The front of cup depicts a detailed scene of
Red Army Cavalry on patrol (images 2 and 3)
while the saucer features exploding artillery
shells on a burgundy background enhanced
with gilt scrolls. Stamped with factory mark on
base of cup and saucer (image 4) in Russian:
Dimitrovskaia for the factory,
RSFSR for Russian Soviet Federated
Socialist Republic, Verbilki town
outside Moscow and NKMP:-Peoples
Commissariat for Local Industry. Few
examples from this Moscow province factory
appear on the market.<p>

Civil War of
1918-21
One of Russias
bloodiest and most destructive conflicts, the
civil war erupted throughout the former
empire?s southern and eastern borderlands,
within a year of the Bosheviks seizure of
power. The bitter struggle pitted Lenins young
Bolshevik government with a disunited group
of peasant radicals, Cossacks, former tsarist
army officers and monarchists, among others.
With help from Imperial Russia?s former
World War One Allies, the "Whites," as more
conservative elements were called, proved the
most obstinate foe of the Communist Reds.
However, ...
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<td>Reference
#: 035P_4B7A</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good condition with one minor repair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Circa 1935</td></tr>






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<tr><td>Location:Lewiston, NY</td></tr>
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