EGG
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Egg opens like a triptych and may once have had an icon inside it. Surface has filigree enamel. About the center on a silver gilt dotted ground are scrolls in turquoise green and light blue enamel. In these spots there are kissing white birds. Above and below is a white enamelled band decorated with leaves and formal motifs in brown, green, light blue and turquoise. At top is a rosette in light blue and white on a gilt dotted ground, on bottom similar rosette in brown and white.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.113
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973