A large porcelain beer pitcher in a shape of a seated burgher Miklashevsky Factory, Volokitino, 1839-1861 realistically, albeit comically modelled as a seated burgher wearing a brown double-breasted long coat, light green pants and a black triangular hat, holding a white pitcher; a stopper in a shape of the removable top of the hat; with an s-shaped handle on the back, marked underside with dark red overglazed factory mark height including stopper: 25cm (9 5/8in). Footnotes: For an identical example and few similar examples of the figure, see: Aelvira Sametskaya, Farfor zavoda A. M. Miklashevskogo, Moscow, 2010, vol. 2, p. 52, nos. 172-175. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com