Easter egg "Chicken"
Easter egg "Chicken"
Germany, Idar-Oberstein
The 20th century
Wild, Manfred, Emile Becker firm
Silver, gold, rock crystal, diamonds, enamel; enamel over guilloche, enamel over gold, lapidary work, polishing, chasing
Height 19 cm, base diameter 8 cm
Silver egg with the hinged upper part, covered with translucent red enamel over a guilloche, in gold setting. The finial is in the shape of rooster’s gold head with a crest, covered with red enamel, with diamond eyes, golden cockerel shaped snap-shutter. The stem, covered with white translucent enamel over guilloche, decorated with one faceted and one smooth rock crystal spheres and golden rings, rests on the round base of transparent rock crystal in golden setting.
The
egg is gilded inside and hides a “surprise” in the shape of an egg made of
transparent rock crystal, consisting of two halves, each one is decorated with symmetrical
pattern in the shape of a pipped chicken. The egg rests on golden straw.
Инв.4641MC6/ДПИ