A CAMEO-GLASS EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, the burgundy body cut with initials of Alexander II below the Imperial crown within an oval reserve, the reverse cut with the cameo of Alexander Nevsky in armour and ermine mantle, with a crown to the left and a cathedral to the right, the sides and apertures decorated with stylised foliage and leaf-tip ornament, unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
A CAMEO-GLASS EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, the burgundy body cut with initials of Alexander II below the Imperial crown within an oval reserve, the reverse cut with the cameo of Alexander Nevsky in armour and ermine mantle, with a crown to the left and a cathedral to the right, the sides and apertures decorated with stylised foliage and leaf-tip ornament, unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high