Lot Essay
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 pitted the Russian forces against the French and the Ottoman Turks for control of a warm-water port.
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A RUSSIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED BISCUIT CACHE-POT
POSSIBLY BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, LAST QUARTER NINETEENTH CENTURY
Depicting a Russian officer attacking and defeating a French Zouave and a Turk, their weapons broken at their feet before a large naturalistically-painted tree trunk
The group 5½in (14cm.) high
POSSIBLY BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, LAST QUARTER NINETEENTH CENTURY
Depicting a Russian officer attacking and defeating a French Zouave and a Turk, their weapons broken at their feet before a large naturalistically-painted tree trunk
The group 5½in (14cm.) high