Featured 1860s plate?

Came from my Grandmother. Not sure what country. Any ideas?

 

Quick and dirty internet research identifies the language as Russian and provides a (loose) translation.

Debora

 

Here's the same image on a wooden bread plate. From Ukraine, the seller says.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/146614...124d7e645%3A1466142973&organic_search_click=1

Debora

 

And, another with the same image on offer from Russia.

Debora

 

And it seems 8000 rubles is $91.43 US dollars. Boy, a ruble just doesn't go as far as it used to

 

I was just saying that at the grocery store this morning.

Debora

 

Без соли, без хлеба — худая беседа
Without salt, without bread — bad conversation

 

That image appears to be used often on Russian bread plates. Curious as to source.

Debora

 

Ah... Two types of windmills in Russia. The plate features the post-based kind which are called stolbovka. The internet says they're more common in the north. There's also an example in the Russian settlement of Fort Ross, California which was established in 1812.

Debora

 

Antiquers had a different item with the same phrase before, back in 2018:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/r...salt-cellar-with-text-anyone-translate.29128/

@Caribou's House gave a couple of meanings to the strict translation:
"Bez soli i khleba khudaya beseda"
"Talking is bad without bread and salt, or no agreement can be reached without the crucial ingredients."

So, very similar to what has been said here. Proverbs are a bit more difficult to smoothly translate between one language and another.