Lot Essay
For a nearly identical egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 121, no. 87.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART III
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850S
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Alexandra, wearing a yellow gown and a lilac cloak, reading a Bible, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv.-aya Tsaritsa Alexandra’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
4 in (10 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Alexandra, wearing a yellow gown and a lilac cloak, reading a Bible, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv.-aya Tsaritsa Alexandra’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
4 in (10 cm.) high
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