A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel painted with St Elena, within a gilt ciselé scroll and trellis border, the reverse with a gilt ciselé sunburst, inscribed in Russian above the miniature 'Sv. Tsaritsa Elena', the miniature signed with Cyrillic initials 'M.K.', unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel painted with St Elena, within a gilt ciselé scroll and trellis border, the reverse with a gilt ciselé sunburst, inscribed in Russian above the miniature 'Sv. Tsaritsa Elena', the miniature signed with Cyrillic initials 'M.K.', unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
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