Lot Essay
For a similar model, see V. A. Popov, Russian Porcelain: Private Factories, Leningrad, 1980, no. 64 (part).
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A HOUSEMAID
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1810
Details
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A HOUSEMAID
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1810
Realistically modelled and painted as a housemaid, wearing a black skirt, pink and white shirt and a white cap, holding a wrapped blanket, on a circular base, possibly marked under label on base; exhibition label '29' on rim of base
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1810
Realistically modelled and painted as a housemaid, wearing a black skirt, pink and white shirt and a white cap, holding a wrapped blanket, on a circular base, possibly marked under label on base; exhibition label '29' on rim of base
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1973 (label under base).
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