commemorative
Object NameCommemorative Vase with Portrait of Josef Stalin
Makerpossibly
Yevgheny Ivanovich Rogov
Maker
Gus-Khrustalny Glassworks
Maker
Leningrad Glassworks
Made FromGlass, Silver, Copper
Date1949
TechniqueMold-blown, acid-cut (cameo technique), fabricated
SizeOverall H: 48.7 cm, Diam (max): 21.3 cm
Accession Number95.3.25
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Heads of State
Interpretive NotesVase depicts Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (1879-1953). It celebrates his 70th birthday and is a gift from a collective within the Soviet Communist Party. Translation was provided 5/17/95 by Richard O'Brien. Design also celebrates the success of post World-War II industrialization of the U.S.S.R. In 1949 the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) was established among the Communist countries of Eastern Europe and a plan for a series of large hydroelectric stations on the Volga River was initiated. Imagery may also refer indirectly to this event.
U.S.S.R.
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