Lot Essay
For comparable figures, see O. Sosnina, Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 123, no. 43 and p.158, no. 91.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION, PART II
TWO PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A STREET SWEEPER AND PEASANTS
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1870-1890S
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TWO PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A STREET SWEEPER AND PEASANTS
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1870-1890S
One realistically modelled as a street sweeper, holding a broom; the other depicting two newly arrived peasant men, wearing full length coats and caps, on a square base painted to resemble cobblestone, both marked under bases with red printed and impressed factory marks, also further impressed with numerals '8' and '34'
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high and smaller
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1870-1890S
One realistically modelled as a street sweeper, holding a broom; the other depicting two newly arrived peasant men, wearing full length coats and caps, on a square base painted to resemble cobblestone, both marked under bases with red printed and impressed factory marks, also further impressed with numerals '8' and '34'
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high and smaller
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