Vase. A gift from burgomaster of Liège Maurice Destenay
Belgium ,
15-19.06.1965
МЗСБ КП 8939
40 x Ø 15 cm (at the base) Ø body 14 cm
crystal, molding, etching, cutting, engraving
A gift from burgomaster of Liège Maurice Destenay, who visited Volgograd on 15-19.06.1965.
Liège Province, Seraing. The neck of the vase is engraved with the Liège coat of arms; the factory mark on the bottom says, “Val St. Lambert / Cristal Belgium / depose”
See also
Poncho
Argentina ,
June 1953
Poncho
A gift from the delegation of Argentinean doctors who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. A peculiar coat made of two pieces of hand-made wool fabric sewed together with a head hole left. The neckline is decorated with embroidery in the centre of the front part as well as in the back. On the right and on the left the poncho is covered with decorative vertical brown stripes. The sides and the flaps have a fringe trim. The traditional outer garment of Aymara men, Mapuche and Quechua people, etc. is now worn by farmers and craftsmen of Latin America.
Glass melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Japan ,
June, 1966
Glass melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Glass melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. A gift from the delegation of the Japan-USSR Friendship Society, June 1966
Carved vase
China ,
May 1954
Carved vase
A gift from the delegation of Chinese cultural workers who visited Stalingrad in May 1954. The metal vase is covered with numerous layers of varnish (resin) and decorated with carvings. The master sought the volume and complexity of the counter-relief. The inside and the bottom of the vase are finished with monochrome enamel (cobalt)