Two porcelain figures of a shoe maker and an old peasant woman, Popov Porcelain Factory, Gorbunovo, mid 19th century

Property from an Important Private Collection, England

Two porcelain figures of a shoe maker and an old peasant woman, Popov Porcelain Factory, Gorbunovo, mid 19th century

modelled as a bast shoe maker at work sitting on a tree trunk, wearing bast shoes and with one foot resting on a log, the peasant woman modelled seated on a wooden chest wearing whist shirt with a blue sarafan and a headscarf, cleaning her broomstick, both with blue factory marks

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height of the man 14.5cm, 5 1/2in., of the woman 14cm, 5 7/10in.