PORTRAIT BUST OF CATHERINE THE GREAT ,BY GARDNER GLAZED EARTHENWARE MARKED WITH IMPRESSED G Start Price USD 2,900.00 Current Price USD 2,900.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location New York, New York See more about 'PORTRAIT BUST OF CATHERINE THE GREAT ,BY GARDNER ' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 The Gardner Porcelain Factory was established soon after 1766 by Englishman Frances Gardner at Verbilki north of Moscow. The factory produced tableware, figurines and faience. This  world weary . portrait of one of Imperial Russias grandest and greatest rulers is typical of the sculptural quality of Gardners  Factory's  production of insightful portraits . Wearing a traditional headress the elegant Czarina  who started life as an impoverished German Princess . and who became the richest and most powerful women in the world, shows that truely heavy is the head that wears the crown  Sorry for the bad photo of the impressed g but it is quaranted to be there but the angle and mottled color of the earthenware make it diffucult for me to photopgraph   12 in tall 5 1/2 minor wear no damage or restoration   Place a Bid!