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THREE BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY; THE SMALLEST, GERMAN, MID 19TH CENTURY
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Four porcelain Easter Eggs
three by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, late 19th century; the smallest, German, mid 19th Century
Ovoid, a shaded purple ox-blood egg; the largest with black, red and ciselé gilt double headed eagle, on white ground, with later red ribbon; another with violets on white ground; the smallest with Italianate Madonna and Child oval, with gilt band surround and apertures, the white ground with gilt floral scrolls, all apparently unmarked
4¼in. (10.4cm.) high (4)
three by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, late 19th century; the smallest, German, mid 19th Century
Ovoid, a shaded purple ox-blood egg; the largest with black, red and ciselé gilt double headed eagle, on white ground, with later red ribbon; another with violets on white ground; the smallest with Italianate Madonna and Child oval, with gilt band surround and apertures, the white ground with gilt floral scrolls, all apparently unmarked
4¼in. (10.4cm.) high (4)
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