Very rare Imperial Presentation Porcelain Easter egg, circa 1900, painted with the coat of arms of Moscow beneath Russian Imperial crown and ciphers of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Height 2 1/2 in. (6,5 cm). Condition: numerous light scratches, slightly worn gilding.
$8,500.00 (reserved)
Cipher Cyrillic 'CA' of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.
Cipher Cyrillic 'EF' of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (1857-1905), uncle of Nicholas II, Governor of Moscow.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, princess of Hesse by birth, (1864-1918), sister of Empress Alexandra.
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