IMERTIAN MAN FROM THE SERIES "PEOPLES OF RUSSIA"

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room

About this object

A partly glazed porcelain figurine of an Imertian. He wears a white blouse with yellow decoration on long sleevs. A reddish jacket with yellow embroidery and a bullet pouch on each breast. On eon left hand side having two medals suspended from it. A dagger hangs from a grey cord around his neck. He has long white trousers with yellow cuffs and brown shoes. He stands on an oval brown piece of ground with a tree stump on back.

Object name:

IMERTIAN MAN FROM THE SERIES "PEOPLES OF RUSSIA"

Made from:

Biscuit

Made in:

Verbilki, Russia

Date made:

1880-1917

Size:

25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.465

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK; INSCRIPTION underneath: red overglaze oval with St. George and the Dragon in center and name on band around it, imperial eagle, impressed 336; NMEPETNHb (Imeretian) on plinth

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968