Product Description
Mishka Bear Cub Honey Jar "Lakomka". A whimsical and delightful all-porcelain honey jar depicts a cute bear cub licking his paw as a honey bee flies about round his head. Lakomka (Лакомка) means gourmand and who better than a bear cub to enjoy honey? All the pieces, including the top and spoon, are porcelain (no plastic) and each piece is hand painted. "Made in USSR" with the Dulevo (Дулево) Porcelain Works backstamp indicates these were made for export during last quarter of the 20th century. 6"x 8". 1 only.
Dulevo (sometimes Dulyovo) Porcelain Works (Дулевскй фарфоровый завод) is one of the most famous Russian (and former Soviet) porcelain manufacturers. The works were founded in the Dulevo wasteland (now Likino-Dulevo) in 1832 by famed Russian merchant Terenti Kuznetsov (Теренти Кузнецов).