A Russian Imperial Porcelain (St Petersburg) figure, 'The Hazel Grouse Vendor', Catherine II period, bearing her blue cypher to the base, the figure carrying a bird in his left hand, the strap of his backpack in his right, decorated in polychrome enamels on a naturalistic base, numbered in red '3', '11' and '16', impressed number 15, 19.5 cm high. Literature: The same model is illustrated in black and white (N.B. von Wol'f, The Imperial Porcelain Factory 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2003 [1906], p. 68, pl. 84.)