A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SBITEN VENDOR
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a white coat, striped blue trousers, black top hat, holding gilt kettle and chequered bag, marked under base with impressed factory marks and numeral ‘8’
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SBITEN VENDOR
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a white coat, striped blue trousers, black top hat, holding gilt kettle and chequered bag, marked under base with impressed factory marks and numeral ‘8’
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high