Miscellaneous

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1860-1870s

Painter Mikhail Kryukov (signed M.K.)

Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, enamel, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 10.8 cm

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1850-1860s

Signed with porcelain painter’s initials: K.Z.

Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 11.2 cm

Egg painted with a motif from a copy of “Virgin Mary and Child with St. Francis of Paola” (1703-1705) by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747), currently in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden, Germany.

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1862-1870s

Signed with the painter’s initial: P.

Overglaze polychrome painting, enamel, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 9.0 cm

Egg with painting after the print from a fragment of “The Infant Christ with a Floral Wreath” by Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) (1663).

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1830-1840s

Underglaze cobalt laying, overglaze polychrome painting, platinatation, gilt on porcelain.

Height - 8.9 cm

Egg with painting after the print from “The Annunciation” by Pierre Dulin (1669-1748)

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1830s

Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt on porcelain.

Height - 8.4 cm

In 2001 the painting on this Easter Egg was mistakenly identified as “Three Angels by the Oak of Mamre”.