GLAZIER
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
A partially glazed porcelain figurine of a glazier dressed in a beige-colored hat, blue blouse, white apron, blue and white striped trousers, and black boots. He carries a box of windowpanes in his right hand and a white bundle under his left (it is not clear if these are tools wrapped in a cloth, window putty or something else). The ground is painted in natural colors and is gilded around the edges.
- Object name:
- GLAZIER
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1820
- Size:
- 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.54
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK G In underglaze blue, center of base, underside. Factory mark of the Gardner Factory. inscription 7 In overglaze green on underside of base. inscription 3 Written in pencil on underside of base, edge. Number is circled. inscription SH?. Written in pencil on underside of base, edge. The third character is illegible. Seems to be a cross or a number 7. inscription PM Written in pencil on underside of base, edge. Cyrillic RM or Latin PM?
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973