Figural inkwell " Hooligan and apple seller" , Lomonossov, St. Petersburg, Russia, designed by Natalia Danko ( 1892-1942), in 1926, signed below, export mark Made in USSR late 1920s - early 1930s, seated girl, hooligan and apple seller. 1930s, seated girl with apple and dog, next to her a seated young man with a bottle of vodka in his hand, alluding to the increase in excise duty on alcohol in 1925, in front of her an inkwell in the shape of an apple basket, polychrome painted, h. 12.5 cm, w. 17 cm

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