A PAIR OF RUSSIAN BARANOVSKY COMMEMORATIVE PORCELAIN VASES, 1985
two commemorative vases, the red-orange body of each of curved cylindrical form, featuring cartouches of the Kremlin, inscribed above in Cyrillic
USSR
and below
victory
, flanked by wreaths entwined with the ribbon of the Order of St. George, above a scrolling gilt band of raised vegetative motifs, with gilt dedications in Cyrillic,
Baranovsky porcelain factory blue underglaze marks on bases
; height of each: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
comprising:
a) decorated at the center with a cartouche of the Kremlin encased in a grey, orange, and red five-point star on a grey background, with dedication in Cyrillic below:
To the Major-General, Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union, the honored commander of the 1st Guards Brigade of the Marines of the Leninsky district of the city of Kiev, Aleksey Fedorovich Fedorov, on the 30th anniversary of the brigade for fatherly care and love for us. The youth guardsmen, ever dedicated to You. 30.05.1985
, on the reverse the years 1945 and 1985 in gilt separated by a laurel branch,
Baranovsky porcelain factory blue underglaze mark and inventory number D22-00 on base
b) decorated at the center with a cartouche of the Kremlin encased in a grey, orange, and red five-point star on a turquoise background, on the reverse the years 1945 and 1985 in gilt separated by a laurel branch and inscribed below in Cyrillic:
To the greatly respected Aleksey Fedorovich Fedorov in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory, from the Shukaev partisans