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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