EGG

Creator(s):

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

Around the center in red, white, pale blue and turquoise enamel is an inscription. On upper and lower halves are formal motifs in the same colors of champleve enamel.

Object name:

EGG

Made from:

Silver gilt -- enamel

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1889

Size:

8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.68.1-2

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

MARK inside: St. George and the Dragon left, 1889, 88, double-headed eagle (Imperial Warrant), AR in Cyrillic (for A. Romanov, Moscow essayer in 1886-1894), I Kh in Cyrillic for Khlebnikov firm (Ivan Khlebnikov died in 1881) inscription Khristos Voskrese in Cyrillic (Christ is risen)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973