Silver scent bottle of the Sovietic period showing the “Taras Shevchenko Monument’, in Kharkov (Ukraine)

Silver scent bottle of the Sovietic period showing the “Taras Shevchenko Monument’, built in 1935 in Kharkov (Ukraine), depicting the famous poet & thinker. Dated 1954, which was the year Russia gave the Ukraine the gift of Crimea. Marks for silver. The cap’ s shape recalls the Kremlin’s dome and it has a security little chain.
Period
1940/ today

Country

URSS. 1954

Material

silver or vermeil or gold

Size

6 cm

COD.

448

Labels

antique scent bottles

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