EGG
Creator(s): 11th Artel (Workshop)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Both halves of the Easter egg are decorated with elaborate designs in filigree enamel. On front, in gold, against translucent turquoise, are the Cyrillic letters Kh V for Christ is risen. Silver gilt globules are attached to wires which outline the floral motifs of variously colored enamels.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1908-1917
- Size:
- 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.98.1-2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION kokoshnik right (1908-1917), delta for Moscow, 84, 11A; inside written in ink ts.r. in Cyrillic (price in rubles) 21 R
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973