Cylindrical body with square section handle; painted around the sides a large stylized red face opposite handle, with row of smaller women's faces to one side, row of mostly men's faces to other; leaves painted along top inside edge of lip.

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Red Face Cup, ca. 1920

This is a cup. It was designed by Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya, Alexandra Vasilievna and manufactured by State Porcelain Factory. It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is enameled, gilt and silvered porcelain. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Drawing of a porcelain punch ball in elevation with a fluted rim containing blue and brown (gold toned) bands, with scattered floral clusters. Detail of handle at lower left.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Punch Bowl, 1765–75
pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-8316

Chess set comprising 32 figures. The red (Communists) set includes: the king as a strapping blacksmith; the queen as a beautiful peasant woman, the bishops as Red Army soldiers, the knights as horse's heads, the rooks as boats with horse head-shaped prows and star-shaped sails, and the pawns as farm workers holding wheat sheafs and sickles. The white (Capitalists) set includes: the king bearing a skeleton face and black robes, the queen holding a cornucopia spilling its gold coins, the bishops as caped and helmeted courtiers, the knights as caparisoned horse's heads, the rooks as swan boats with shield-shaped sails, and pawns as workers bound in chains.

The Reds versus the Whites Chess Set, 1922–32
glazed and molded porcelain.
Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E.....
1994-122-5-a/ff

Its dimensions are

H: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside: hammer, sickle, cog stamped in green underglaze

Cite this object as

Red Face Cup, ca. 1920; Designed by Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya, Alexandra Vasilievna ; enameled, gilt and silvered porcelain; H: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-61

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Accession Number 1989-41-61
Object ID 18633175