Gardner Factory Russian Porcelain Tea Pot, 19th Century

19th century Russian porcelain tea pot, by the Gardner factory, made for the eastern market, of spherical form, decorated with cartouches of table vase and flowers, surrounded by scrolling foliage, in tones of green and yellow on a maroon/pink ground, height 5.12 in. note: the Gardner porcelain factory was significant for being the first private porcelain factory in Russia, as the Imperial porcelain factory, which was founded in 1744. It manufactured porcelain solely for the Russian Imperial court.