A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER EASTER EGG
CYRILLIC MAKER'S MARK 'IS' FOR AN UNRECORDED MAKER, APPARENTLY NO TOWN MARK, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, the front opening to form a triptych and to reveal a painted image of the Resurrected Christ in the centre, with Archangel Gabriel on the left and Saint Alexandra on the right, the exterior engraved with a cross and the Easter greeting in Russian 'Christ has risen', within stylized borders, marked inside covers
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER EASTER EGG
CYRILLIC MAKER'S MARK 'IS' FOR AN UNRECORDED MAKER, APPARENTLY NO TOWN MARK, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, the front opening to form a triptych and to reveal a painted image of the Resurrected Christ in the centre, with Archangel Gabriel on the left and Saint Alexandra on the right, the exterior engraved with a cross and the Easter greeting in Russian 'Christ has risen', within stylized borders, marked inside covers
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
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