A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Andrew the Apostle holding a Bible, on a gilt ciselé ground moulded with scrolling foliage, inscribed in gold in Russian to the left and right of the miniature ‘Sv Apost. Andrei Per’, the dark blue reverse painted and moulded with a gilt ciselé letter ‘X’, unmarked
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Andrew the Apostle holding a Bible, on a gilt ciselé ground moulded with scrolling foliage, inscribed in gold in Russian to the left and right of the miniature ‘Sv Apost. Andrei Per’, the dark blue reverse painted and moulded with a gilt ciselé letter ‘X’, unmarked
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
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