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