Caption

Easter egg, lilies of the valley and flowers motif; 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 missing surprise. 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 decorative egg-shaped object sits open on an ornate stand, showing a shiny gold-colored interior and a muted silver-gray exterior with painted green leaves and small white bell-shaped flowers; the stand and inner rim have warm golden tones, and the background is a pale light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_104

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Rights managed

Available size

74.7Mb (1.3Mb) / 16.4in x 17.7in / 4928 x 5295 (300dpi)

Keywords

Easter egg lilies valley flowers motif silver egg smooth composed two opening halves hinge cut vertically part enameled bouquet forget-me-nots gilded interior octagonal basket embedding missing surprise 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 decorative egg-shaped object sits open ornate stand showing shiny gold-colored interior muted silver-gray exterior painted green leaves small white bell-shaped flowers stand inner rim warm golden tones background pale light gray.