Russian Metal Artworks

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

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    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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    Инв.10064/ДПИ