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