THREE PORCELAIN FIGURES
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1870-1890s
One, realistically modelled and painted as a blacksmith, hammering a blade; the other, a match holder with a detachable cover, shaped as an old man seated beside a barrel, drinking from a kovsh; the other, a wall mount shaped as a Shih Tzu, all marked under bases with impressed factory marks, two also with red printed factory marks
5½ in. (14 cm.) high and smaller
THREE PORCELAIN FIGURES
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1870-1890s
One, realistically modelled and painted as a blacksmith, hammering a blade; the other, a match holder with a detachable cover, shaped as an old man seated beside a barrel, drinking from a kovsh; the other, a wall mount shaped as a Shih Tzu, all marked under bases with impressed factory marks, two also with red printed factory marks
5½ in. (14 cm.) high and smaller