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 […]
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Imperial Glassworks Presentation Egg. 1905 to 1917. Blue cut to clear blown glass with grinding and polishing. Elizabeth and Alexandra Feodorovna were sisters, German princesses who married into the Romanov family. Elizabeth was the older of […]
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Imperial Glassworks Presentation Egg. Period of Nicholas II. Circa 1912. Blown glass with grinding, polishing, cutting and gilding. This egg has dual monograms for Alexandra Feodorovna. One side has the A entwined in the O (the Russian […]
Russian Imperial Glassworks Empire Style Blue and Gold Egg. Period of Nicholas II. 1894 to 1917. Cobalt blue blown glass with cutting, grinding, polishing and gilding. Flaming torches, garlands and laurel wreaths repeat four times around the circumference of this […]
Russian Imperial Glassworks Nicholas II presentation egg. 1894 – 1917. Opaque white blown glass with cutting, grinding, polishing and gilding. It takes three crowns to make a Russian eagle. The double eagle with two crowns is the emblem of Byzantium, […]
Russian Imperial Glassworks Nicholas II presentation egg. 1894 to 1917. Two layers of blown glass with cutting, grinding and polishing. Orange cut to clear. This is one of four monogramed eggs in the collection where missing crowns have to be […]