A Porcelain Covered Drinking Mug
Lot 175

A Porcelain Covered Drinking Mug

BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1780

Closed2 December 2009

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GBP 10,625

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A Porcelain Covered Drinking Mug
by the Gardner Factory, Moscow, circa 1780
Of cylindrical form, formed as a Turkish woman's head, wearing a multi-coloured patterned turban with relief blue jewel and pearl decoration and pearl beading, the cover painted as the top of the turban with dark pink rose finial, marked under base with blue underglaze 'G'
5¾ in. (14.8 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a similar drinking mug see:
V. Popov, Russian Porcelain. Private Factories, Leningrad, 1980, illustration 75.