Egg
Made by: Rückert, Fedor
On view in: Mansion Exhibit - Icon Room - Case 2 - Shelf 3

About this object
Background is a fine brown-red enamel. Against this in filigree enamel are white Easter lilies and blue cornflowers with green leaves.
Category: ENAMELS
Object name: Egg
Made in: RUSSIA
Date made: 1899-1908
Size: H. 2 1/2 in. overall __6.35 CM

Detailed information for this item
Catalog number: 15.51.1-2
Class: ENAMEL
Signature marks: MARK __inside: kokoshnik left (1899-1908), IL in Cyrillic (Ivan Lebedkin, Moscow essayes in 1899-1908), 84, FR in Cyrillic for Fedor Ruckert
Credit line: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
Displayed in exhibition:
Peter Carl Fabergé, Imperial Court Jeweler, 1846-1920, Hammer Galleries, NY. March 28 - April 28, 1951.
Exhibition: Hammer Galleries, 1952; Cornflower is associated in Russia with the True Cross and Resurection, thus the tradition of decorating crosses with these flowers