Kuznetsov's faience figurine from 1900

Original antique porcelain figurine, hand-painted, glazed, depicting a peasant cooper or barrel-maker, a work of the M.S. Kuznetsov Collective Enterprise. On the bottom, there is a mark: M.S. Kuznetsov, 1804, 35. Circa 1890-1900. LLC "M.S. Kuznetsov Collective Enterprise" for the production of porcelain and earthenware items was one of the largest enterprises in the porcelain and earthenware industry in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was founded on September 29, 1887, by the Russian industrialist and entrepreneur from the Kuznetsov family, Matvey Sidorovich Kuznetsov, and existed until 1917, when most of the enterprises were nationalized. Russian decorative art, antiques and collectibles, porcelain and earthenware for collectors.