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PEASANT SOWER

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

An unglazed porcelain figurine of a young man walking, bareheaded and barefooted, sowing grain from a brown basket hanging from his waist and with a large bag on the ground beside him. He wears a blouse in lilac color with sprigs of flowers in red and blue. His trousers are blue with a narrow black stripe. Rectangular plinth is earth colored.

Object name:
PEASANT SOWER
Made from:
Biscuit
Made in:
Verbilki, Russia
Date made:
1830-1850
Size:
18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.81
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK underneath: impress of Cyrillic Gardner, double headed eagle, 3
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973