painted in the Neo-Etruscan style, the plaque painted a terracotta and the image rendered in black, depicting a seated warrior between two young women, with sample borders numbered in gilt Cyrillic N 33-i and N 32-i, with gilt Cyrillic inscription Painted by Journeyman G. Pishchulin. 1835., otherwise unmarked

with rough edges and some wear typical of a test plaque
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Members of the Pishchulin family are recorded among the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory's painters in the 19th and early 20th centuries.