BALALAIKA PLAYER
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
A partly glazed porcelain figurine of a man with black hat, brown beard, pink dotted blouse, blue pantaloons tucked into black boots. He is leaning against a tree, playing a beige colored balalaika. Rectangular base is brown on the sides covered with green grass.
- Object name:
- BALALAIKA PLAYER
- Made from:
- Biscuit
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1880-1917
- Size:
- 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.464
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: red overglaze oval with St. George and the Dragon in center and name on band around it, imperial eagle, GARDNER impressed in Cyrillic, St. George, 5
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968