Posted 9 years ago
Agram.m
(762 items)
Two Vintage Russian brooches.
1. Vintage Lacquer Palekh Russian Blue Rose Brooch Hand painted Signed at the back.
Palekh miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (jewelry, small boxes, cigarette and powder cases etc.).
Palekh Russian lacquer art on papier-mâché first appeared in 1923 in the village of Palekh, and is based on a long local history of icon painting. This handicraft and style of miniature painting bore different names throughout its development, such as the Palekh Artel of Ancient Painting (since 1924), Palekh Artists’ Association (since 1932), and Artistic Production Workshops of the Artistic Fund of the USSR (since 1953).
The technology of making a semi-finished product was borrowed from the lacquer handicraft masters of Fedoskino (see Fedoskino miniature). The Palekh miniatures usually represent characters from real life, literary works, fairy tales, bylinas, and songs. They are painted with local bright paints over the black background and are known for their delicate and smooth design, abundance of golden shading, and accurate silhouettes of flattened figures, which often cover the surface of the lids and sides of the articles completely.
2. An enameled hand painted brooch which I believe to be a Russian spinning peasant girl on porcelain or perhaps copper? Very nice colored. A simple plaque.
Please help me with the Russian signature on brooch one and who can tell more about brooch number 2?
I think it reads 'Voronkova'.
vetrai050 thank you very much for reading the name, perhaps I can find something about this maker.
racer4four, valentino97, Manikin,melaniej and aghcollect thanks you all for looking and loving.
Could we see the back of brooch #2? If it's lightweight, it could be mother-of-pearl painted over with oil paints and lacquered. This English-language website provides a brief description and examples of several major schools of Russian lacquer art: http://www.russianlacquerart.com/
And this website illustrates the process of decorating traditional metal trays and could presumably be used on smaller items like pin #2. The text is in Russian but the photos help convey a general idea.
Sorry, that was a bad link in #5. Here is another one:
http://fishki.net/1411404-zhostovskaja-rospis.html