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Description
KB-169 Electric samovar “Blizzard”
The body is in the shape of a ball. On the wall in the center is a vignette of embossed floral ornaments. Inside the vignette is a relief image of a trio of horses harnessed to a wagon, coachman and rider. On the reverse side there is the another vignette, inside of which there is an image of a male figure and a bear. A relief ornament of a plant like patterns is along the midline of the ball. The lid is dome-shaped, smooth. A ring has a convex body and a wide flat top edge. Crown slots are in the shape of curly quadrangles and circles. Handles are made up of paired plates, with openwork weaving, attached to the body with the help of paired rectangular volume pads. Escutcheon plate is round, embossed, stylized as a flower outlet. The faucet spout is faceted, the nose has a ring-shaped protrusion. Valve handle is curved, s-shaped, stylized as a plant stem. The neck is hollow, with an extended stepped base. The base is round, with a curly lower edge. The legs are flat, curly, protruding forward.
Manufacturer: machine-building plant B. L. Vannikov’s “Shtamp”
Time and place of production: Tula, 1980s
Material: nickel-plated brass, wood
Dimensions: 39 × 35 × 32 cm.
KB-170 Basin “Blizzard”
A cup-shaped basin with a convex body and a high side bent outward upward. In the center of the body is a decorative strip of floral ornaments. At the bottom is a floral ornament. The leg is short, on a round base. At the bottom there is a plant ornament made by photochemical etching.
Manufacturer: machine-building plant them. B. L. Vannikov’s “Shtamp”
Time and place of production: Tula, 1980s.
Material: nickel-plated brass
Dimensions: h-8 d1-14.8 d2-8 cm.
KB-171 Tray “Blizzard”
The tray is round in shape, with a narrow rim bent up. On the surface of the tray along the side there is a strip of floral ornament depicting snowflakes and snow-covered branches, in the center there is a vignette of floral ornament, inside there is an image of a trio of horses, a coachman and a rider. Around the vignette there is an inscription: “And what Russian does not like to ride fast,” “And what Russian does not like to drink tea from a samovar.”
Manufacturer: machine-building plant them. B. L. Vannikov’s “Shtamp”
Time and place of production: Tula, 1980s.
Material: nickel-plated brass
Dimensions: d-40 cm.
