A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Alexandra, wearing a yellow gown and a lilac cloak, reading a Bible, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv.-aya Tsaritsa Alexandra’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
4 in (10 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Alexandra, wearing a yellow gown and a lilac cloak, reading a Bible, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv.-aya Tsaritsa Alexandra’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
4 in (10 cm.) high
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