EGG
Creator(s): Gustav Klingert (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Both halves of Easter egg are decorated with an all over pattern in various colors of filigree enamel against a pale blue ground. Medallions, curved on one end and pointed on the other are linked by rosettes.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1891
- Size:
- 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.107.1-2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon left , 84, 1891, LO for Lev Oleks (Moscow essayer in 1890-1896), GK in Latin script for Gustav Klingert Seems that on the bottom part of the egg St. George ia facing right handwritten in ink I 714 ½ 106 r (rubles) 50 K (kopecks)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973