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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A RUSSIAN (ST. PETERSBURG) GOLD-GROUND EASTER EGG
MID TO THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, INITIALED WITH A REVERSED R.A.
Details
A RUSSIAN (ST. PETERSBURG) GOLD-GROUND EASTER EGG
Mid to third quarter 19th century, initialed with a reversed R.A.
Painted with a crowned female saint wearing a red cloak over a blue robe and holding a cross, reserved within a chased trellis and scroll surround inscribed above in Cyrillic, the reverse chased with a sunburst
4 3/8in. (11cm.) high
Mid to third quarter 19th century, initialed with a reversed R.A.
Painted with a crowned female saint wearing a red cloak over a blue robe and holding a cross, reserved within a chased trellis and scroll surround inscribed above in Cyrillic, the reverse chased with a sunburst
4 3/8in. (11cm.) high
Provenance
Tsar Alexander II of Russia
Rina Donnersmarez, Berlin, 1917
Herr Sanitätsrat
(Accompanied by a letter of Provenance dated 19 April 1917)
Rina Donnersmarez, Berlin, 1917
Herr Sanitätsrat
(Accompanied by a letter of Provenance dated 19 April 1917)