Bidspirit auction | Porcelain Figurine of a Russian
Porcelain Figurine of a Russian Jew. Made at the Gardner Factory. Moscow, Late 19th Century - Jewish matchmaker . Ruussian porcelain figurine of a Jewish man with an umbrella, made at the Gardner Factory in Moscow during the years 1870-1890. The man is leaning on a gray umbrella wearling a white shirt, red tie and gray coat standing on a sqaure green base. The factory's red hallmark and the number 147 appear beneath the base. Wiesemann, Falk, Visual Illusions about Jews: The Finkelstein Collection of Antisemitica (Essen: Klartext, 2024). Cat. No. 125, Page 124. Condition: Minor repairs and restoration. Provenance: The Bloch Family Collection, Melbourne-Australia.