A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880-1890s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Nicholas, within a gilt and varicolour foliate border, the reverse painted with a mauve cross on light yellow and purple chequered ground, within a red border with gilt foliate bands, the front reserve inscribed in Russian 'Sv. Nikolai Chudotvorets', unmarked
4½ in (11.5 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880-1890s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Nicholas, within a gilt and varicolour foliate border, the reverse painted with a mauve cross on light yellow and purple chequered ground, within a red border with gilt foliate bands, the front reserve inscribed in Russian 'Sv. Nikolai Chudotvorets', unmarked
4½ in (11.5 cm.) high
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