Imperial Porcelain Factory Easter Egg

Description:

Imperial Porcelain Factory Easter Egg, Russia, 20th century, polychrome enamel and gilt-decorated with depiction of St. Helen and the True Cross within a cartouche to a celeste blue ground, the reverse with gilded eagle and laurel wreath, lg. 4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington, D.C.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Scattered small surface scratches to the cartouche, wear to the gilded eagle.


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