Orange Cap drinking set (pitcher and six shot glasses). Design inspired by red cap boletus mushroom. Made at Polonsky Factory of Artistic Ceramics (Polonne, Ukraine) in the 1960s.
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.
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Hippo pen holder. Made at Dmitrovsky Porcelain Factory (Verbilki), 1960s.
Athletes. Photo by Anatoly Yegorov (1940).
“Yachts on Primorsky Boulevard” by Ya. Basov (Sevastopol, 1975)
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Plastic figurines of Soviet pioneers. Made at the Factory of Art Products in Moscow, 1940.
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Camping in Asan-Tukum gorge in Tian Shan mountains of Kirghizia. Photo by Spartak Lovkov (1974).
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