Natalia Dan'ko, a salt cellar entitled “Two Faces” (Dvulikaia) or “In the Flowers” (V tsvetakh), Maria Briantseva (painter), State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1919
Porcelain, enamel glazes, gilding
Height 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Inv. no. ab_3767
This salt cellar shows two young women’s faces emerging from a mass of flowers. They represent the sculptor Dan'ko and her younger sister, the artist and writer Elena Dan'ko.