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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1933

  • Work on this object began.

1937

  • Work on this object ended.

1970

2025

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Intourist Tea Service ("Leningrad 1935" Pattern) Tea Service, Designed 1933 (shape), 1935 (decoration)

This is a tea service. It was designed by Eva Zeisel and Varvara Petrovna Freze and manufactured by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. It is dated Designed 1933 (shape), 1935 (decoration). Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (teapot): 12.4 × 17.1 × 10.2 cm (4 7/8 in. × 6 3/4 in. × 4 in.) H x diam. (sugar bowl): 8.3 × 9.5 cm (3 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.) H x W x D (creamer): 7.6 × 10.2 × 6.4 cm (3 in. × 4 in. × 2 1/2 in.) H x diam. (cup and saucer): 7.8 × 13.3 cm (3 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.) H x W x D (cup): 6.7 × 8.9 × 7.3 cm (2 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)

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