Dr. Ekaterina (Tina) Khmelnitskaya, Curator of Russian Porcelain from Russia’s world famous State Hermitage Museum, was a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford last spring.    She is doing research about artists who worked in the Imperial porcelain factory in the early 20th century, but left in 1917.  The main sculptor of the time was Estonian August Timus (1865-1943) who later in Tallinn created sculptural portraits of K. Päts, J. Laidoner,  J Tõnisson, and other noted figures as well as the medal for the heroes of Estonia’s Independence War. What was in Estonian museums was destroyed in the 1940’s.  There is hope, though, that some of Timus’ artwork still exists in private homes of Estonians in the U.S., and might be able to be studied and shared in an upcoming book about August Timus.    If you can help in anyway, please contact:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.