OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE

A SOVIET PROPAGANDA PLATE AND CIGARETTE BOX, 1939

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

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The lot includes a souvenir 1939 New York World’s Fair cigarette box decorated on the lid with the photographic picture of the Soviet Pavilion. It is labeled "SOVIET PAVILION New York World’s Fair 1939" on the lower part of the image. There is an embossed emblem on the bottom "NIC" in a circle with a number 3 underneath. And a commemorative wall-hanging bakelite plate of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition with an incised mark on the back: "Mosplastmass, " circa 1939.

Dimensions: Plate: D: 9 3/8 in., (23.8 cm.)Box: 4 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 in., (11 x 8 x 4 cm.)

Condition: Very good.