Caption

Easter egg, lilies of the valley, flowers, Easter eggs, 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 spherical object centered on a plain light gray background, the sphere has a muted beige surface with subtle darker speckling and areas of slight shadowing, a horizontal seam around its middle and a small oval protrusion at the front where the seam meets, and near the bottom a small painted floral motif with green leaves and pale bluish-white blossoms.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_097

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66.7Mb (570.4Kb) / 16.1in x 16.1in / 4829 x 4829 (300dpi)

Keywords

Easter egg lilies valley flowers Easter eggs 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 spherical object centered plain light gray background sphere muted beige surface subtle darker speckling areas slight shadowing horizontal seam middle small oval protrusion front seam meets near bottom small painted floral motif green leaves pale bluish-white blossoms.