TWO PORCELAIN FIGURES
ONE, BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1810-1820s; THE OTHER, PROBABLY RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Both realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor and a standing goddess Ceres, on naturalistic bases, one marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed factory mark, also inscribed with numeral ‘42’ and impressed with numeral ‘7’, the other, apparently unmarked
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high and smaller
TWO PORCELAIN FIGURES
ONE, BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1810-1820s; THE OTHER, PROBABLY RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Both realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor and a standing goddess Ceres, on naturalistic bases, one marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed factory mark, also inscribed with numeral ‘42’ and impressed with numeral ‘7’, the other, apparently unmarked
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high and smaller