' s ▁production ▁was ▁reserved ▁entirely ▁for ▁the ▁Russian ▁royal ▁family . ▁These ▁pl ates ▁had ▁been ▁stock p iled ▁and ▁were ▁await ing ▁decor ation . ▁The ▁revolution ary ▁worker ▁shown ▁on ▁the ▁plate ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁re le asing ▁the ▁revolution ary ▁power ▁to ▁the ▁workers . ▁This ▁plate ▁was ▁also ▁being ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁exclus ivity ▁of ▁Royal ▁patron age ▁and ▁given ▁to ▁a ▁wider ▁audience . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁pl ates ▁were ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁State ▁Por cel ain ▁Factory ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁hand ▁painted ▁over ▁the ▁existing ▁gla ze . ▁The ▁pl ates ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁with stood ▁regular ▁use ▁and ▁were ▁intended ▁mainly ▁for ▁decor ation . ▁The ▁pl ates ▁carried ▁a ▁ham mer ▁and ▁sick le ▁as ▁their ▁mak ers ' ▁mark , ▁but ▁they ▁also ▁carried ▁the ▁mark ▁from ▁their ▁original ▁imperial ▁manufact ure ▁twenty ▁years ▁before . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Russian ▁people ▁were ▁star ving , ▁and ▁what ▁small ▁production ▁still ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁these ▁fact ories ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁partially ▁intended ▁for ▁export . ▁It ▁was ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁best ▁to ▁not ▁paint ▁over ▁the ▁original ▁firing ▁marks , ▁as ▁they ▁commanded ▁a ▁prem ium ▁from ▁purch as ers ▁outside ▁Russia . ▁ ▁Adam ov ich ▁was ▁later ▁employed ▁for ▁painting ▁designs ▁on ▁Moscow ' s ▁buildings , ▁and ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁In ▁his ▁lifetime ▁he ▁had ▁exhib ited ▁at ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁international ▁exhib itions , ▁and ▁in