A LARGE SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATE

A LARGE SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATE by the Dulevo Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 1920-1923 Circular, the centre decorated with the emblem of the Soviet Union depicting a globe with a gilt hammer and sickle beneath the rising sun, flanked by gilt wheat sheafs wrapped in red banners and surmounted by the red star, the emblem surrounded by a gilt band engraved with the Russian inscription: 'Three hundred and twenty five years of the Union of Ukraine and Russia', the border painted with a green stylized scroll and foliate decoration, gilt details and scalloped gilt rim, marked under base with puce overglaze 'Dulevo' Factory mark14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter