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Inkstand with Chess Players Inkwell
This is a inkwell. It was designed by Natalya Yakovlevna Danko and manufactured by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is enameled porcelain. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.
- The Reds versus the Whites Chess Set
- glazed and molded porcelain.
- Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E.....
- 1994-122-5-a/ff
- White King Chesspiece
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-1-a/c
- Chesspiece: Red Rook
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-21
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Chesspiece: Red Pawn
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-25
- Chesspiece: Red Knight
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-18
- Chesspiece: Red Pawn
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-24
Its dimensions are
14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
underside: Lomonosov "LFZ" mark stamped in green
Cite this object as
Inkstand with Chess Players Inkwell; Designed by Natalya Yakovlevna Danko (Russian, b. Georgia, 1892–1942); Manufactured by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (Russia); enameled porcelain; 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-170-a/c
