Imperial Russian Gilt Metal Easter Egg. Third quarter of the 19th century. Of typical form, hinged and fitted with pus... (Total: 2 Items)

Description

Imperial Russian Gilt Metal Easter Egg
Third quarter of the 19th century

Of typical form, hinged and fitted with pushpiece within suspension ring, the exterior of one half applied with Khristos in Cyrillic, the other half with Voskrese, for the Russian Orthodox Easter greeting, Christ is Risen, opening to reveal an oval portrait of a lady facing left said to be that of Russian Empress Maria Fedorovna (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III, wearing somber clothes, the frame lifts on a hinge to reveal vacant compartment, with another vacant compartment opposite, lined in moiré silk-length of egg-4 in.

Provenance:
Purchased from St. Petersburg Shop, Paris

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