Always be Mama

“May there always be sunshine, May there always be sky, May there always be Mama, May there always be me.”
Porcelain, figure, Dulevo factory, propaganda, Soviet Union, Yakut

A Soviet Achievement

This large hand-painted circular plate, measuring 13 9/16” in diameter, represents a period of Russian history during Stalin’s regime, where state sponsored porcelain products were used to promote the accomplishments of Russian society and culture and helped to play an important role in the official Party’s Soviet state propaganda campaign.
Plate, Porcelain, women, sports, Russia, Soviet Union, propaganda

Shocked and Appealed


Revolution, Life, and Labor: Soviet Porcelains 1918-1985

The porcelain in this exhibition documents Soviet history between the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Glasnost era of the late 1980s. Most of the objects are examples of propaganda and Socialist realism, such as a statuette depicting a seamstress sewing a hammer and sickle banner or a colorful teapot decorated with fields and farm laborers.
Porcelain, Soviet Union, propaganda, Socialist realism, tea service, 20th century, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350049