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Easter Egg with the Monogram of Empress Maria Fiodorovna

1890-1900

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg.

Porcelain, underglaze cobalt coating, etching, gilding

Height: 8.7 cm

On one side on the rich blue glaze background the gilt monogram ÌÔ (MF) beneath the Russian imperial crown - the device of Empress Maria Fiodorovna, embellished with flat relief geometrical ornament. Around the opening is a gilded festooned fillet.

 

 

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