Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: February 24, 2022 10:00:00 AM EDT
Both with impressed Gardner factory mark and numbers to underside. (2).
H: 7 3/4 in. (taller); H: 7 1/4 in. (shorter)
Provenance
Property formerly in the collection of Harry J. Haon II (1901–1989).
Thence by descent.
Note
Both figures are after illustrations by K.A. Zelenstov for an 1817 issue of The Magic Lantern, a Russian journal that featured serialized illustrations of different types of Russian professions and people. For related examples, see: Christie's, London, November 27, 2017, lot 317, and Christie's, London, June 4, 2018, part lot 279.