SEATED PEASANT DRINKING FROM A KOVSH
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
A partly glazed figurine of a bald peasant seated and dressed in a light blue blouse, black trousers, white stockings and brown lapti, drinking from a brown kovsh. Beside him is a brown barrel with removeable cover. Ground is designed as wooden planks.
- Object name:
- SEATED PEASANT DRINKING FROM A KOVSH
- Made from:
- Biscuit
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1880-1917
- Size:
- 14 × 12.5 cm (5 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.69.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; NAME underneath impressed: Gardner in Cyrillic, St. George and the Dragon, 2; on inside of cover: name of former owner, rubbed overglaze red factory name below Imperial warrant
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973