EASTER EGG
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Egg is covered with gilding except for a panel on the front, which is painted with a miniature scene of the garden of Gethsemane. Miniature has frame of leaves etched in gold. At back is a sunburst in a circular frame of leaves also etched in gold. Has original ribbon.
- Object name:
- EASTER EGG
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1855-1881
- Size:
- 11 x 9.2 cm (4 5/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.353
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION lower right corner, A.M.: inscription in Russian
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973