Late 18th mid 19th centuries
Village Gzhel,
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region
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Object
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MediumMajolica
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Geography details
Village Gzhel,
Ramensky district,
Ramensky region -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 18th mid 19th centuries
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Source of information
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Type of sourcephoto album “Gzhel. Ceramics of the 18th–19th Centuries. Ceramics of the 20th Century”
Author(s) T. Astrakhantseva, T. Dulkina, N. Grigorieva
Description
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The wheel-shaped spokeless type of kvass pitcher was termed in local parlance the kvassnik; indeed it was used mostly to hold this beverage and keep it cold. Kvassniks possess an elegantly curved decorative tendril between spout and handle, practically always tinted green, and behind which, duplicating the curve, the figurines are disposed. As a rule, there are three of each on either side seldom, eight or ten. Some figurines represent personages of the period in which the master lived – a lady in a povoinik bonnet and reading a book, or a group of musicians, some bewigged and in full-dress uniforms and holding balalaikas or mandolines.
