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TWO PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Each ovoid, one centring an oval panel depicting Emperor Constantine, half-length, in a crown, armour and a red cloak within a gilt ciselé frame, the gilt reverse with ciselé starburst medallion with foliate ciselé border, the front panel inscribed in Cyrillic 'St Constantine', another centring an oval panel depicting Emperor Constantine in prayer, in a crown, armour and a red cloak, with a cross in the background, within a foliate gilt ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé sunburst medallion centring a triangle, the front panel inscribed in Cyrillic 'St Constantine', the first with impressed factory mark next to lower aperture, the second unmarked
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high and smaller (2)
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