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Russian Revolutionary plate

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Reverse of the plate

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Reverse of the plate showing the marks of both the Imperial Porcelain Factory and the State Porcelain factory, each dated.

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Plate with a design by Adamovich

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Another plate with a design by Adamovich; decorated with symbols of agriculture, building, engineering and fishing.

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Plate showing a soldier, a peasant and a worker

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Plate painted in socialist realist style showing a soldier, a peasant and a worker admiring a monument to the new order rising from the ruins of the old; made 1906, decorated 1922.

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Plate showing an evil genie carrying away the old order

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Plate painted in folk art style showing an evil genie carrying away the old order; made 1914, decorated 1923.

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Plate from the Imperial Porcelain Factory

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Pre-revolution plate from the Imperial Porcelain Factory made in AD 1837 – 38 as part of a dinner service for use in the Kremlin, Moscow.

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Plate with hunting scene

Source: hermitagemuseum.org

Pre-revolution plate with hunting scene, AD 1855 – 81.

Visit the site http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+Applied+Arts/931237/?lng=en

BBC resources on the Russian Revolution

Source: bbc.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/russia/

BBC resources on the French Revolution

Source: bbc.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zw8k7ty

Information about the American Revolutionary War

Source: socialstudiesforkids.com

Visit the site http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywar1.htm

Outside the classroom



Here is a selection of museums with relevant collections.

The Victoria and Albert Museum

Source: vam.ac.uk

Visit the site http://www.vam.ac.uk

Tate Modern, London

Source: tate.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.tate.org.uk

The Courtauld Gallery, London

Source: courtauld.ac.uk

Visit the site http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/index.shtml

Dorich House Museum, Kingston upon Thames, London

Source: dorichhousemuseum.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.dorichhousemuseum.org.uk/

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Source: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Visit the site http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Tate Liverpool

Source: tate.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.tate.org.uk

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Source: ashmolean.org

Visit the site http://www.ashmolean.org

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

Source: nationalgalleries.org

Visit the site https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/about-the-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art/
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Russian revolutionary plate