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Lot 278
A SOVIET AGITLAK KEEPSAKE BOX, EDUCATING THE MINORITIES, K. KHOKHLOV, PALEKH, 1935of a rectangular shape with rounded corners, the hinged cover depicting an elaborately illustrated scene at Izba Chital'nya [Reading House], where a Soviet activist is educating the members of the Tatar diaspora. Gathered at a table, Muslim man and women are leaning towards their mentor, they appear inspired and challenged by the process. The activist is pointing at a text in a newspaper with his one hand, while his other hand is raised in a didactic gesture emphasizing the importance of the written word. There are numerous bookshelves, a globe, and a bust of Lenin behind them. The interior features a portrait of Andrey Bubnov, People's Commissar for Education, in the upper left corner, and a portrait of Mikhail Kalinin, the nominal head of the Soviet Union, in the upper right corner. The red standard in the center reads The Revolution freed minor nationalities in the old Tatar language. An ornate gilded border runs around the cover of the box; a gilded vegetative garland, presented in the traditional miniature painting style of Palekh, runs around the body of the box, with further writing in old Tatar on the side; a stylized gilded star-shaped sun is painted on the base; red-lacquered interior; length: 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.), height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); signed K. Khokhlov lower right, inscribed s. Palekh, and dated lower left
Lot 179
"ON ENGLAND AND OTHER ADDRESSES" by the Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin Philip Allan & Co Ltd, London 1927 signed and inscribed by Chamberlain 1937 together with a PRISONER OF WAR SMOKER'S COMPANION the turned wood base supporting three aluminium as htrays about a central lighter fashioned as a bomb shell crashing into a globe, base 20cm diameter
Lot 1374
Boulle two train bracket clock and matching bracket, the Japy Freres movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, the 10" gilt repousse dial with raised cartouche enamel numerals within a balloon shaped case with applied gilt metal mounts, surmounted by playful putti upon a globe, 34" high (a.f) (pendulum)
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