Vintage Collectables
5 Vintage Soviet USSR Postcards Leningrad 1952 St Isaac’s Peterhof Hermitage
A set of 5 original Soviet colour postcards showing views of Leningrad (St Petersburg) and Peterhof. Published in the USSR in 1952, with an original print run of 50,000. Views include: • St Isaac’s Cathedral • Egyptian sphinx on the Neva embankment • Grand Cascade and Samson Fountain, Peterhof • The Atlantes portico of the [...]
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Antique WWI Era Russian Soldier Real Photo Postcard c.1914–1920 Papakha Shashka
Original antique real photo postcard (RPPC) showing a Russian soldier in a full-length greatcoat and astrakhan papakha hat, wearing a shashka sword with a knot on a shoulder belt. It is a studio portrait with a painted backdrop of clouds and water, probably taken circa 1914–1920 (WWI / Russian Civil War period). The reverse has [...]
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Aubrey R. Philips “Harbour Nocturne” Antique Painting Print (61 cm x 85cm)
Aubrey R. Philips “Harbour Nocturne” Antique Painting Print (61 cm x 85cm) Aubrey R. Philips Born 1920, Astley, Worcestershire. Died 2005. Aubrey Phillips was a landscape artist who acknowledged Turner and the Impressionists as his main influences. He studied at Stourbridge School of Art and at Kidderminster School of Art where he was taught by [...]