SBITENSHCHIK (SBITEN' PEDDLER)

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room

About this object

An unglazed, painted porcelain figurine of a peddler dressed in white shirt, blue pantaloons, brown coat, white stockings and light brown lapki. He carries a towel in his belt and holds in his right hand a string of bubliki (bagels) and in his left hand a pot of sbiten (a traditional Eastern European hot winter beverage). Oval base is brownish.

Object name:

SBITENSHCHIK (SBITEN' PEDDLER)

Made from:

Biscuit

Made in:

Verbilki, Russia

Date made:

c. 1880

Size:

18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.433

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARKS Gardner factory mark [an imperial eagle with a shield marked with the initials of Alexander II on its chest and the words "Gardner Factory in Moscow" in a circular frame surrounding an image of St. George and the Dragon, stamped in iron red overglaze on underside of base]; 148 [impressed in paste on underside of base]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973