The sbiten vendor: a porcelain figure, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, circa 1820

The sbiten vendor: a porcelain figure, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, circa 1820

realistically modelled as a sbiten vendor carrying a gold pot in one hand and a woven bag in the other, wearing a black top hat, blue coat, pink shirt and white apron with a red embroidered border, standing in front of a tree stump on a circular base painted as grass, inscribed on the base with blue factory mark on the base, number 8 and three blue dots 

height 19.6cm; 7¾in.