English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017
Lot 1114
Ten Russian glass Easter eggs 19th/20th century
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £800
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Description
Ten Russian glass Easter eggs 19th/20th century, one possibly manufactured at the Imperial Glassworks in St Petersburg, and cut and gilded with a crowned cypher and the letters XB on a dark blue ground, a smaller turquoise egg with similar gilded decoration, three overlaid and cut with varying floral designs, one clear glass and cut with a Russian palace, two enamelled with flowers, one applied with felt flowers, the last clear and gilded with key fret, hinged at the centre to form a box, 13.5cm max. (10)
Provenance: from the collection of Dr Venetia Newall.