Desktop calendar in the form of a postal envelope
Desktop calendar in the form of a postal envelope
Russian Empire, St. Petersburg
1908-1917
‘Nikolai Linden’ firm
Silver, wood, paper; press work, engraving, printing
12.9 x 19.5 x 2.0 cm
Silver desk calendar with oval and round cut-outs for date, days of the week and month, with a silver hinged ornately-shaped flap leg on the rear side, covered with a wooden plate. The smooth surface of the calendar stylised as a postal envelope is decorated in the centre with a silver rectangular overlay in the form of a postage stamp with the carved image of a two-headed eagle and the inscription in Cyrillic: ‘POSTAGE MARK // 7 KOP’. The cut-outs with the day of the week, month and date are in the ornately-shaped frames. The weekday, month and date designations are printed on the paper.
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