BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860S

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Nikanor holding a candle, within a gilt ciselé border, after a painting by T.A. Neff, the front panel signed with Cyrillic initials ‘N.L.’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, the burnished gilt base stamped ‘34’, unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a similar egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 128, no. 95.
For another similar model, also see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 122-[123], no. 48.

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