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Powder Box with Accordion Player Powder Box And Lid, 1931 or later

This is a Powder box and lid. It was designed by Sigrid Osvaldovna Kulbach and manufactured by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1931 or later and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is enameled, gilt 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.

Its dimensions are

H: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: On underside of lid: hammer, sickle, cog hand-painted in blue overglaze

Cite this object as

Powder Box with Accordion Player Powder Box And Lid, 1931 or later; Designed by Sigrid Osvaldovna Kulbach (b. 1907); Manufactured by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (Russia); enameled, gilt porcelain; H: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-81-a,b

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