A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL EGG
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A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL EGG

MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF IVAN KHLEBNIKOV, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880

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A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL EGG
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Ivan Khlebnikov, St. Petersburg, circa 1880
The body in two halves, decorated with bands of varicolored Pan-Slavic geometric champlevé enamel design and written in Russian 'Christ is Risen,' one half with original Khlebnikov sticker inside, marked inside each part
3½in. (8.8cm.) high

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