ONE BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1810-1820; FOUR GZHEL' REGION, MOSCOW, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY THE GARDNER OR NASONOV FACTORIES

Details

Five porcelain figues of a wanderer, cook, pugilist, glazier and peasant woman
one by the Gardner Factory, Moscow, 1810-1820; four Gzhel' region, Moscow, second quarter 19th century, probably by the Gardner or Nasonov Factories
The wanderer, realistically modelled in blue coat and carrying lapti and satchel, on square gilt and naturalistic base, marked under base; the figure of a cook boy holding a pot; the pugilist in blue coat on naturalistic base; the glazier on gilt scroll base; the ragged woman in flowered skirt and green jacket circular on gilt bordered base, apparently unmarked
the wanderer 7½ in. (19 cm.) high; the cook 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (5)

Provenance

Cook boy: at Winter Palace, London, 1986.
Pugilist: at Grosvenor Galleries, London, 1985.

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Lot Essay

In 1766 Francis Gardner founded his porcelain factory at Verbilki, in the Gzhel' region, where there was an active and long established traditional ceramic industry. The Gardner Factory, famed from the first for quality equal to the best European manufacturer, began to produce statuettes in 1779.

The Nasonov Factory, in the Gzhel' region, operated between 1810 and 1814.

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