A Porcelain Easter Egg
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A Porcelain Easter Egg

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860

Fermé29 November 2010

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A Porcelain Easter Egg
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, circa 1850-1860
Ovoid, the cobalt body painted with a continuous gilt ciselé frieze of flowers and foliage between gilt borders simulating gadrooning, unmarked
4 in. (10 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

A nearly identical cobalt blue egg with gilt floral and gadrooned overglaze design produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in the 1850-1860s is illustrated in in T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 248, No. 194.