A Russian porcelain easter egg with the Archangel Michael, probably Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg

with a scene of an angel holding a torch in a circular reserve against a gilded ground, the reverse with a sunburst in ciselé gilt, suspended from cream silk ribbon, apparently unmarked

some wear to gilded surfaces and fraying to silk ribbon consistent with age
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For a nearly identical egg made at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, see T. Kudriavtseva, H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Porcelain Easter Eggs, London, 2001, no. 90, p. 124.