A Russian Porcelain Easter Egg, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, 1845-1855

with a view of Jerusalem's Castle of David in reserve against a gilded ground engraved with , the reverse engraved with a sunburst in ciselé, with impressed cipher mark of Nicholas I

crisp and with attractive colors; with some very minor rubbing to gilding, particularly around apertures, consistent with age and use.
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The image of the Tower of David is copied from a lithograph by Grigory and Nikanor Chernetsov from the first volume of their series "Views of Palestine [Vidy Palestina] (St. Petersburg, 1844) based on their travels in the Holy Land from 1842-1843. Although Easter eggs with copies after the Chernevtsovs' views were produced into the 1860s, this egg bears the impressed mark of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory during the reign of Nicholas I. On the series, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Porcelain Easter Eggs, London, 2001, pp. 76-83.