FREE: Vintage metal tray postcard Zhostovo-traditional Russian folk handicraft-black with flowers-USSR

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Vintage metal tray postcard Zhostovo- traditional Russian folk handicraft -black-USSR
Made in Russia Marked 1960 SIZE ABOUT 4X6 INCHES

Condition:

54 years old card from overseas

Some wear and tear on the edges due to the passage of time-postcard is not in a mint/perfect condition but is in a good one! One edge had a tiny peel off and the rest of the borders and the card are very delicate. It is not in mint condition but it is in good condition hence the LOW GIN.

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Zhostovo painting is an old Russian folk handicraft of painting on metal trays, which still exists in a village of Zhostovo in the Moscow Oblast. It appeared in the early 19th century mainly under the influence of the Ural handicraft of flower painting on metal. Subsequent development of the Zhostovo painting handicraft was stylistically related to porcelain and enamel painting techniques, used by factories near Moscow. Zhostovo painting is a handicraft of painting on metal trays, preliminary coated with a few layers of priming (putty) and oil varnish (usually, black). Painting is done in a few consecutive energetic and firm strokes with a soft brush and oil paints, richly diluted with linseed oil. The most widely used motif of the Zhostovo painting is a bunch of mixed garden and wild flowers, which is simple and laconic in its essence. The edges of a tray are painted with a light golden ornament. A finished tray is then covered with three layers of light lacquer and polished to brilliance.

PLEASE NOTE:

YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC VINTAGE 1960 POST CARD OF THE TRAY
NOT THE TRAY ITSELF!