A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, MID-19TH CENTURY
Depicting Saint Olga, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian above the miniature, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘I.M.’, marked with impressed factory mark
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, MID-19TH CENTURY
Depicting Saint Olga, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian above the miniature, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘I.M.’, marked with impressed factory mark
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high