Hello! I bought a lovely figurine I think is porcelain...it is of a woman sewing. White but has bright orange flowered item she is sweing...looks handpainted shw has long brown hair barefooted.... marked "K" in bold orange with number 9 and other markings...I have searched the internet for hours..can anyone help? Thanks!
I recently picked up the same figurine at auction.
Someone (not the auctioneer - he called it Russian) said it was Hungarian, but I have not found any info either.
USSR figurine with K marking by: Anonymous
This looks to be a similar style to a two piece figureen I have from the UUSR. Is the K solid or an outline inside an urn like shape? Mine has numbers 6p - 80k. I found one other figureen on eBay with the same markings, but it had 50k, which represented 1950. I am also trying to find more information on the manufacturer.
Orange K pottery mark on figurine by: Anonymous
Mine is a solid K inside a rectangular box. There is an indent in the top right of box and a shadow of the box appears to the right and below.
#р - #к marking by: Anonymous
I am also researching the K sign however I thought I should point out that #р - #к probably means #roubles- #kopeks, as in how much it cost.
Kiev Factory by: Anonymous
Information summarised from the excellent page by the writer Redalert at Wetpaint.com Soviet Ceramics Kiev Factory
Answer to the above K pottery mark query is the Kiev Factory
See below for mark photos.
Here's a summary of the marks, backstamps and printed stamps of the Kiev Factory (founded 1924).
The K (for Kiev) pottery mark placed inside a box shaped device was used on both Soviet (Russian/USSR) home market wares and also export goods to Europe and the USA. It appears in blue, red and orange (on some experimental design wares this mark appears with the box sides in outline).
The dates of use of this standard pottery mark are unsure due to lack of listings online and in standard issue books such as Kovels, so if anyone can pinpoint, please post below. However, it is my assumption from 1945 to c.1970?. Anyone knowing if this is right or wrong, please post below in a new comments submission.
This standard box pottery mark from Kiev Porcelain is more commonly seen with the box sides filled with colour but does also appear in an orange colour with 'made in USSR'.
The blue does come with 'made in USSR' (see photo below), meaning the blue CANNOT be usually reserved for the marks on domestic market pieces as stated in the original Wetpaint.com article by Redalert.
The mark used at the Kiev factory during c.1970 - 2000 era and therefore both before and after the fall of the Berlin wall, is the single K (in outline - see image below). This mark occurs in both blue and red. The blue is both pale and darker. The pale may be later.
figurines mark k by: Anonymous
Ihave 2 figurines with a blue k inside a blue square made in USSR. The man has a long mustache and actually looks oriental and the women has a scaef tied on her head.
TWO RUSSIAN FIGURES (MATCHING 0 by: emveja
I have a pair of Kiev figurines for the date 1945
the letter K with a royal blue box around it ,it also has U.S.S.R. on the base. My figurines are of a drunken RUSSIAN MAN holding his head, and a very annoyed wife staring at him. They are lovely figurines.
MADE IN UKRAINIAN BALLERINA CARMEN by: Anonymous
I HAVE THE ABOVE PORCELAIN FIGURINE bought in East Berlin in 2000 summer
BOTTOM GLAZED
PALE SILVERY BLUE SINGE K outline
and MADE IN UKRAINIAN