after the design by Stepan Pimenov, with impressed dated factory mark and impressed initials A.L. (Cyrillic)

The figure is in overall very good condition with only minor firing flaws on the base; some tarnishing on the silver buckets, the handle on one of the silver buckets has probably been replaced, the other handle has residues of silver polish.
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