A PAPIER-MACHÉ AND LACQUER EASTER EGG
BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The front depicting the Resurrection of Christ, the reverse the Holy Martyr St Tatiana, on a blue ground within gilt foliate borders, the interior inscribed in Russian: 'From St Petersburg Old Believers accepting the Priesthood’, marked inside
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high, excluding suspension rings
A PAPIER-MACHÉ AND LACQUER EASTER EGG
BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The front depicting the Resurrection of Christ, the reverse the Holy Martyr St Tatiana, on a blue ground within gilt foliate borders, the interior inscribed in Russian: 'From St Petersburg Old Believers accepting the Priesthood’, marked inside
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high, excluding suspension rings