Egg on Stand with Easel and Photograph of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaievich (c. 1890–1896): Art, History and Details

Egg on Stand with Easel and Photograph of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaievich (c. 1890–1896) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alexander Edward Tillander (Russian, 1837–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the Russian Orthodox religious tradition, eggs are offered as Easter gifts to symbolize rebirth, renewal, and the resurrection of Christ. This jeweled Russian egg is engraved with XB symbolizing the phrase, “Christ is risen,” and would have been given to a lady in a wealthy household, perhaps someone of high rank within the imperial court, given the richness of materials.

Object facts

• Title: Egg on Stand with Easel and Photograph of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaievich
• Date: c. 1890–1896
• Creator attribution: Alexander Edward Tillander (Russian, 1837–1918)
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Miscellaneous
• Technique: gold, enamel, sapphire, gold easel and stand, paper, faceted green glass
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.435

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.

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