TWO PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS
ONE, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I; THE OTHER, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, one depicting the Descent from the Cross within an ornamented ciselé and white frame, the reverse with ciselé gilt sunburst, the front panel signed with Cyrillic initials ‘A.T.’, marked on the base with impressed factory mark and numeral ‘34’; another depicting the Resurrection within a ciselé foliate frame, the gilt reverse with gilt ciselé two putti suspending a scroll inscribed ‘Christ is Risen’, the egg depicting the Descent from the Cross with impressed factory mark, otherwise unmarked
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high
TWO PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS
ONE, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I; THE OTHER, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, one depicting the Descent from the Cross within an ornamented ciselé and white frame, the reverse with ciselé gilt sunburst, the front panel signed with Cyrillic initials ‘A.T.’, marked on the base with impressed factory mark and numeral ‘34’; another depicting the Resurrection within a ciselé foliate frame, the gilt reverse with gilt ciselé two putti suspending a scroll inscribed ‘Christ is Risen’, the egg depicting the Descent from the Cross with impressed factory mark, otherwise unmarked
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high
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