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FRUIT PEDDLER

Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

An unglazed porcelain figurine of a brown bearded man with a brown cap wearing a mustard yellow coat and grey apron. He kneels with a board covered with a white napkin and is offering pink fruit. Rectangular plinth is mottled grey.

Object name:
FRUIT PEDDLER
Made from:
Biscuit
Made in:
Verbilki, Russia
Date made:
1830-1850
Size:
13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.83
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK underneath: impressed stamp with Cyrillic Gardner, St. George and the Dragon, number 3
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973