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1929	Work on this object began.
1989	We acquired this object. We photographed this object.
2014	We photographed this object.
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Porcelain Factory Worker Figure

This is a figure. It was designed by Alexander Nikolaevich Zlatovratsky and manufactured by Dmitrov Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1929 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is porcelain (bisque), enamel. 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.

Poster, International Women Workers Day
lithograph on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1992-164-1

Dishes and cups, in assorted shades of light brown and off-white, are approximately arranged in two rows on a pale blue surface. From left to right, the front row featrures a stack of three flat plates, a larger white dish with a brown elliptical design in the center, and a similarly decorated lipped shallow dish to the right. Behind this row, again from left to right, is a solid light brown, shallow dish. Behind this dish is a white, handleless cup, which darkens in shade to a reddish-brown near the bottom. Next to the cup is a larger, off-white serving bowl, within which there is a smaller, light brown bowl. To its right are five cups, all without handles; three light brown cups stacked atop each other, and two off-white cups side-by-side. The latter are faintly shaded in a light, reddish-brown around the bottom. Two organic shapes, one resin-like and honey brown in color, and another, solid black crumpled object, are placed in the left center and to the far right corner of the display.

Latitude for Uniqueness Series, 2014-ongoing
tableware, research samples.
Courtesy of Kirstie Van Noort.
NATURE.033

Its dimensions are

23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

underside: Dmitrov mark stamped in orange; 1781 incised in clay.

Cite this object as

Porcelain Factory Worker Figure; Designed by Alexander Nikolaevich Zlatovratsky (1878 – 1960); Manufactured by Dmitrov Porcelain Factory (Russia); porcelain (bisque), enamel; 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-161

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DuUF/
Accession Number 1989-41-161
Object ID 18632887