A PORCELAIN INKWELL IN THE FORM OF A SBITEN VENDOR
PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1810-1830S
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a blue unglazed coat, pink dotted waist apron, black boots and black hat, holding a kettle and cup, standing by a barrel shaped as an inkwell, on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked, incised with a numeral ‘10’
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN INKWELL IN THE FORM OF A SBITEN VENDOR
PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1810-1830S
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a blue unglazed coat, pink dotted waist apron, black boots and black hat, holding a kettle and cup, standing by a barrel shaped as an inkwell, on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked, incised with a numeral ‘10’
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
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