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Description:
This light blue porcelain egg from the Romanov era is hand- painted with pink floral clusters and leaves and enhanced with gilded stems below the gilt initials X B for the Russian Easter proclamation Xristos Voskrese (Christ is Risen). Made in Russia's Imperial Porcelain Factory, the egg has an opening on each end, the top one edged in gilt through which is threaded an original beige silk ribbon. by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1850 2 1/4 in. (6.4 cm.) long Russian Easter Eggs For centuries, eggs of all sizes and materials were exchanged on Russian Orthodox Easter as symbols of the Resurrection of Christ. The larger ones would adorn churches, palaces and homes across the Russian empire. A photograph of Empress Alexandra’s bedroom in the Winter Palace shows fifteen Easter eggs hanging from ribbons in rows along either side of holy icons. The Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg Eggs in porcelain first appeared at the imperial court in the mid-18th century during the reign of Empress Elizabeth, who founded the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg in 1744. Easter morning festivities for Catherine the Great (r. 1762-1796) included the presentation of baskets and vases filled with porcelain eggs. Small in size and painted with genre or New Testament scenes, each egg had openings on either end to accommodate a ribbon or a braided cord. By the mid-19th century, designs included gilded Imperial monograms, the Russian coat of Arms, numerous Orthodox Saints and Prophets, painted landscapes, birds and a wide variety of flowers, like this example.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 33PC_NP |
| Condition:
Good. |
Year:
Mid 19th century
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