PROBABLY IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1840-1855
Details
A Porcelain Easter Egg
Probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, circa 1840-1855
With oval panel depicting The Bronze Horseman, within a ciselé border, on a gilt ground, unmarked
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For similar eggs decorated with views of St. Petersburg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Porcelain Eggs, London, 2001, p. 71, no. 38 and p. 74, no. 41, illustrated.