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A large porcelain group: Ivan Tsarevich riding the wolf, Sergei Mikhailovich Orlov, circa 1940 Ivan depicted riding with Helen the Beautiful over mythical creatures and peasants, further decorated with delicate flowers, signed Orlov in Cyrillic, the marble oval base with bronze presentation plaque dedicated in Cyrillic: to Mr W.A. Harriman, Ambassador for United States of America, from the USSR Commissar for Foreign Affairs, V.M. Molotov, Moscow, June 1944 32.5 by 46cm., 12.75 by 18in Provenance Presented to William A. Harriman, by Vyacheslav M. Molotov in 1944 William Harriman served as the US Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1943 and 1946. This porcelain sculpture was reputedly given to Harriman as a gift of gratitude from the USSR on the Third Anniversary of the Lend Lease Act of 1941. This was the name of the program set up by the United States to provide their WW2 allies, including Russia, with aid, munitions and supplies. As foreign minister Molotov orchestrated the non-aggression treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1941 which has since been known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
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Naum Aronson, Late 19th/Early 20th Century A bronze bust of Frederic Chopin signed N. Aronson, numbered 15, with indistinct foundry mark bronze, dark brown patina height: 22cm., 8.75in. Naum Aronson, was a Russian-Jewish sculptor known for his portraits, monuments, and busts of prominent political, scientific and artistic figures, including Louis Pasteur, Spartacus, Rasputin, and George Washington. By the turn of the twentieth century he was closely associated with the ideas of the central European Secessionists and was inspired by great Romantic composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
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an award from The New Photographer to R H Goodsall in the form of a metal plaque on an easel frame, another similar of bronze appearance, four other similar, and a collection of photographic awards from the Canterbury Camera Club to the same recipient in bronze and other metals and various other medallions
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