Gardner porcelain figure “Cook from Hamburg”

Gardner figurine "Cook from Hamburg". Russian porcelain. 1820s




Фигура “Кухарка из Гамбурга”.
Height 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm). 1820s.
Серия “Костюмы Разных Стран”
Фабрика Гарднера
After engraving “Cuisiniere de Hambourg” (Cook from Hamburg). She wears a muslin bonnet and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. After an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from “Costumes de Divers Pays”.



The above photo of the engraving is courtesy of Louie Fasciolo, www.antiquarianphotographer.com,
louie@antiquarianphotographer.com on behalf of SPL Rare Books.

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