Russian Metal Artworks

Easter egg with a surprise (Easter egg-shaped sippers in the form of a split Easter egg)

    Easter egg with a surprise (Easter egg-shaped sippers in the form of a split Easter egg)

    Russia, St. Petersburg

    The last quarter of the 19th century

    Silver; casting, guilloche, checked pattern decoration

    6.7 х 4.3 х 4.3 cm

    Mark of St. Petersburg Assay office with silver alloy "84"; maker's mark "JAL" in octagonal frame

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    Silver Easter egg, comprised of two detachable halves, on a smooth short leg and a round profiled base. In disassembled (detachable) form – there are two peculiar shot glasses on legs, one of which is retractable inside the egg. Each shot glass has a semi-ovoid bowl with a smooth short leg and a round profiled base. The surface of the bowls is decorated with small stylised six-beam “snowflakes”. The bottom edge of each bowl is decorated with a trellis-grid belt and a multibeam rosette with a wavy edge; the lip edge (crown) of one of the shot glasses is emphasised with a trellis-grid frieze.

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