INDISTINCTLY MARKED, POSSIBLY BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A Porcelain Group of Three Men
Indistinctly marked, possibly by the Gardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th century
Realistically modeled standing on a shaped rectangular base, one man raising a bottle, another playing a concertina, the third holding his coat, marked under base with impressed factory marks
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For another example of this model, see Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 150, No. 82, illustrated (as "Sunday").