Green Branches and Leaves Pottery Mark with 2 wavy lines 3NK and Made in Russia in red

by Sonia
(Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom)

Green Branches and Leaves Pottery Mark with 2 wavy lines 3NK and Made in Russia in red:- I have two pottery bear book ends with the Green Branches and Leaves Pottery Mark with 2 wavy lines 3NK and USSR in red underneath. One of them also has a number 1 in a circle underneath. I was given them by my Nan many years ago. I am interested in the history of them.

Sonia

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The forum Help Elf says:-

Sonia

Lovely items in my view. Sell at a specialist Russian sale at and auction room not on ebay (see Auction Salesroom advice for instructions).

This query has already been covered. Had you put "USSR 3NK" into the in-house search box (top right), you'd have found this reply which outlines the history of this company.

Briefly as follows:

Extract from full article:-

Cyrillic letters "ЗиК" (looks like 3nk or 3uk in English) translates from the Russian as "Zik" or "Zeke".

...a studio of the Konakovo (or Konakovskaya) Faience Plant from the town of Kuznetsovo in Tver Province.

...founded in 1809.

For general free advice on how to research your collection, Peter wrote this page:

value of antiques.

H.E.