Posted 8 years ago
maryh1956
(17 items)
My husband inherited this piece just a couple of years ago, but can’t find anything about it, or how his aunt acquired it. It appears to be written in Russian and I googled what I thought would be a close to an English translation and found Kunashiri Island. I found out that Russia took over a small island with this name in the 18th century, which had belonged to Japan.
I may be barking up the wrong tree but the decoration does have a Japanese influence. I am not suggesting this is old, but really need help with the translation and the maker’s mark, as I have come up empty handed !
Anyone read Russian?
AnnaB may be able to help Mary. She translated the Russian on my bronze enamel St. George icon the other day. :)
Semikarakorsk faience factory ``Aksinia``
(I think it started the production in 70` 20 century).Your napkin holder is modern production.
http://www.aksinia.ru/index.php
Artists are here (this site does not accept Cyrillic alphabet .It`s mustached gentlemen in red holding the brush, scroll down to the middle).
http://www.aksinia.ru/khudozhniki.html
A visit to the factory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j65iLN7BdA4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUjEkf6iik6XzHU14c5uvcbA
The mark is in one of the images here:
https://meshok.ru/item/28364774_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%90%D0%A2%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9A_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE
Thank you so much IVAN49. I am so happy you sent the link, and it even has a photo of the artist! Much appreciated
Mary
Maryh1956's I wasn't sure how to get a comment to you. You just commented on my post of the Japanese vase. I loaded a new picture and was wondering if you could tell anything from it. Thanks the link is http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/209535-japanese-vase-markings#comment-990668
IVAN49 is correct - it's a napkin holder not a letter holder.