Russian Imperial porcelain cabinet plate. 1875. Imperial or Private Factory. The central medallion portrays Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov, later Nicholas II, at the age of seven, dressed in a sailor suit with straw hat, surrounded by a scrollwork frame […]
This bronze mounted porcelain Easter egg was most likely made by the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory in the late 19th to early 20th century. The porcelain has been enamel painted with two alternating pairs of floral sprays on a lavender […]
Monday to Friday making pots. Selling your wares at the Saturday market. Sounds like the ideal life. So it was for southern Italian potters during the late 18th to early 19th century when this bottle in the form of a […]
Mosaic Pattern Cup and Saucer. Gardner Porcelain Factory. Russia. Circa 1800. The Gardner Factory was established in 1766 by Francis Gardner, a transplanted English entrepreneur, with the permission of Catherine the Great. Gardner was the first of the great Russian […]
Rondel or circular plaque. Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory. Period of Nicholas I. 1825 to 1845. NI mark in underglaze blue. A group of wealthy merchants drinking tea, smoking opium and conducting trade. The scene speaks of the period leading up […]
Easter egg with floral decoration. Kuznetsov Company, c. 1900. Unmarked. Wheel thrown porcelain. Powder blue coloured glaze or stippled enamel background. The decoration was done with five colour printed enamel image transfers and hand gilding. “X.B.” translates as “Christ is […]
Copper Blue Chapel Egg. Russian Imperial Glassworks. Period of Nicholas II. 1894 to 1917. Blown glass with grinding, cutting and polishing. This egg may depict the Imperial Chapel at Peterhof like the Steel Blue Chapel Egg seen previously, but with […]
Steel Blue Chapel Egg. Russian Imperial Glassworks. Period of Nicholas II. 1894 to 1917. Blown glass with grinding, polishing, cutting and gilding. This egg depicts the Imperial Chapel at Peterhof Palace outside St. Petersburg. This is the church where royal […]
Easter Egg with Cathedral and Cross. Period of Nicholas II. 1894 to 1917. Cut and etched into the surface of this egg is the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin, Moscow where the coronations of all Russian Tsars took […]
This Russian Imperial glass Easter egg may be a few decades older than the others. As early as 1860. This egg came as a surprise, the seller’s generous gift for purchasing the others. At first glance, it was easy to […]