Caption

Easter egg, lilies of the valley, flowers; silver egg, smooth, composed of two opening halves on a hinge, cut vertically; on one part an enameled bouquet of forget-me-nots; gilded interior, with an octagonal basket for embedding a surprise missing. Egg supported on a four-legged stand, 1890s, St. Petersburg, decorative object. Height 11.4 cm, width 6.6 cm, depth 6.6 cm, weight 233.5 g., A smooth metallic object with a pale gold or brass tone sits against a light gray background; it consists of two rounded halves joined at a central square clasp with a cross-shaped metal hinge, and one rounded half shows a painted floral design in shades of green, blue, and white while the other half is plain and slightly mottled in the same pale gold color.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_094

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62.6Mb (866.4Kb) / 18.5in x 13.2in / 5540 x 3948 (300dpi)

Keywords

Easter egg lilies valley flowers silver egg smooth composed two opening halves hinge cut vertically part enameled bouquet forget-me-nots gilded interior octagonal basket embedding surprise missing Egg supported four-legged stand 1890s St Petersburg decorative object Height 11.4 cm width 6.6 cm depth 6.6 cm weight 233.5 g smooth metallic object pale gold brass tone sits light gray background consists rounded halves joined central square clasp cross-shaped metal hinge rounded half painted floral design shades green blue white half plain slightly mottled pale gold color.