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PLIUSHKIN FROM NIKOLAI GOGOL'S "DEAD SOULS"

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

A partly glazed porcelain figurine of the character Pliushkin from Nikolai Gogol's novel Dead Souls (Mertvye dushi). He is dressed in a gray cap and scarf, a tattered black coat tied at the waist with a length of rope that hangs unevenly over a gray nightshirt-like undergarment. He appears to be wearing white stockings and black slippers. He is poorly shaved, further matching his ill-groomed appearance. The circular base is a mottled green and the figure is steadied in the rear with a tree stump.

Object name:
PLIUSHKIN FROM NIKOLAI GOGOL'S "DEAD SOULS"
Made from:
Biscuit porcelain
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
ca. 1860-1890
Size:
22.9 x 8.9 cm (9 x 3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.72
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARKS Stamp of Gardner factory in Moscow with Imperial Eagle above and St. George and the Dragon within the circular band. Iron-red underglaze on the underside. GARDNER Impressed in paste, underside, all Cyrillic caps. This mark appears on goods made between 1800 and 1870. model number [?] 25 3 Impressed in paste, underside
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973