Lot Essay
For a similar Easter egg depicting the Children’s Pavilion at Tsarskoe Selo, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p.72, no. 39.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
THREE PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
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THREE PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
All ovoid, one depicting the Children’s Pavilion at Tsarskoe Selo in St Petersburg within a gilt border, the reverse densely painted with gold and blue trellis on white ground; one depicting a Russian timber church within a gilt ornamented frame, the reverse painted with a gilt gross on white ground; one depicting a nineteenth-century classical church within a gilt ciselé arched frame, the reverse with a gilt and blue cross on white ground with gilt stars, all unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high and smaller
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
All ovoid, one depicting the Children’s Pavilion at Tsarskoe Selo in St Petersburg within a gilt border, the reverse densely painted with gold and blue trellis on white ground; one depicting a Russian timber church within a gilt ornamented frame, the reverse painted with a gilt gross on white ground; one depicting a nineteenth-century classical church within a gilt ciselé arched frame, the reverse with a gilt and blue cross on white ground with gilt stars, all unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high and smaller
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