Lot Essay
For a similarly decorated egg with blue ground, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 36, no. 3.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880S
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880s
Ovoid, the front and back of the brown glazed body painted and impressed with the gilt ciselé cypher of the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna beneath an Imperial crown, with geometric gilt ciselé apertures, unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880s
Ovoid, the front and back of the brown glazed body painted and impressed with the gilt ciselé cypher of the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna beneath an Imperial crown, with geometric gilt ciselé apertures, unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
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