Caption

Easter egg, lilies of the valley and forget-me-nots motifs, silver egg, smooth, composed of two opening halves on a hinge, cut vertically; one part with 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 pair of round metallic objects joined at the center by a cross-shaped metal fixture sit against a pale background; the metal surfaces are primarily muted gold and silver tones with areas of darker patina, and one of the rounded forms bears a painted floral motif in shades of green and blue with small pale blossoms.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_101

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.6Mb (1.3Mb) / 18.5in x 13.2in / 5540 x 3948 (300dpi)

Keywords

Easter egg lilies valley forget-me-nots motifs 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 pair round metallic objects joined center cross-shaped metal fixture sit pale background metal surfaces primarily muted gold silver tones areas darker patina rounded forms bears painted floral motif shades green blue small pale blossoms.