Quail teapot made at Dmitrovsky Porcelain Factory (Verbilki, Moscow oblast). Biscuit porcelain. 1920s.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
More you might like
Sheet music covers from 1925-1928 (Soviet Union).
“Cranberry Under Snow” - hard candy wrapper from Soviet Union (1920s)
Patterned fabrics from early Soviet Union (1920s—1930s) (via)
If you’re in Belgium, you must check this out. The Moscow Design Museum and the ADAM (Brussels Design Museum) present: Soviet Design. Red Wealth, the first of its kind retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR in the past century.
Open until 21.05.2018. Info: http://adamuseum.be/expositions-soviet-design-red-wealth/
Now wouldn’t it be great to do a meet-up in Brussels! I wish, I wish :)
Tech design of the Soviet Union (via)
Vintage posters designed by Dmitry Bulanov (Soviet Russia, 1920s)
Constructivist fabric designs (USSR, 1920s)
Tea packaging labels from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Teas were named after their locations: Tseylon tea, Indian tea, Georgian tea, Krasnodar tea (a city in the South of Russia), Azerbaijanian tea, Chinese tea. There was also the name of the tea packaging factory on the back of the pack.
(via)
Soviet posters from 1920s - reading and literacy propaganda.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)