Though unmarked, I believe this tobacco jar was made by the Kornilov Brothers Factory of Russia between 1840 and 1850. A similar example is illustrated in the Batenin/Kornilov book from 2008. It is also possible this copy was made after […]
I believe that this group of Easter Eggs was made by the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory. Period of Nicholas II, 1894 to 1917. The Nicholas II – Moscow Coat of Arms Egg, the Bird in Wheat Egg and the Poppy […]
This porcelain scent bottle dates to the mid nineteenth century. Continental European. The subject is Gambrinus, the mythical Belgian King of Beer and patron saint of brewers. April 11 is his accepted birthday. Made with duo scent chambers. One opens […]
This miniature erotic figure group dates from the early to mid nineteenth century. Possibly Russian Private Factory after a Gardner/Popov model. We see the familiar theme of a woman accidentally exposing part of her body in the act of doing […]
These last two erotic miniatures complete the group of four from the same unknown factory. Continental or Russian. Late nineteenth century. I thought at first the woman with her foot on the stool had no flees. I missed her’s until […]
This erotic porcelain miniature was made in the late nineteenth century by the same unknown factory as the one posted last week. Continental or Russian. The pretext is once again a woman finding a flee on her body. More specifically […]
This erotic porcelain miniature is from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Russian or Continental. The subject is a woman who has just found a flee in the folds of her robe. Right next to her ample bosom. She […]
This erotic porcelain miniature is mid to late nineteenth century. Continental or Russian. A woman in a loose nightgown and cap has just spotted a flee on her shapely leg. Her eroticism is not about what she reveals. It is […]
Please understand that the story I am weaving together in these weekly instalments is highly speculative. There is precious little evidence to go on when trying to attribute erotic porcelain miniatures. When they come up for sale, erotic miniatures seem […]
I believe this trio of erotic beauties was made by one or more Russian Private Factory in the mid nineteenth century. Like “Woman Lacing Boots” posted a couple weeks ago, these factories would have been in the Gzhel region where […]