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Christmas eggs are used as ornaments for Christmas trees, they became articles for collecting. Artists used to paint on eggs Russian winter scenes, angels, Santa, Snowmaiden. The egg are painted on light wooden forms with tempera paints, then finished with glossy lacquer. Each Christmas egg is different as they are painted by hand.

Religious eggs their subjects are based on traditions of Russian Orthodox icon paintings. Artists use an egg wooden form as surface for painting. Of course this is not an icon but just eggs.

Crystal eggs - made of high quality crystal glass, hand blown, then hand engraved and hand painted. All eggs are different as all works are made by hand. Each egg has a flat bottom so it can stand firm on a desk or shelf. Although it can be used as a paperweight, most people prefer just to add them to a collection. Collectors from all over the world appreciate these wonderful works of art from the talented artists from St Petersburg. A chance to own a piece of heritage from Russia.

Short history of Russian eggs

The use of colored eggs also has deep roots going deep to the past centuries. This tradition was known in China, in Ancient Greece and in Rome. In the ancient language of Egyptian hieroglyphs the determinative sign of an egg displays a certain potential, a life-giving seed, a mystery of being. As for the Orthodox Easter traditions, the colored egg has always been one of the main symbols of Easter. There are two types of Easter eggs mostly used in Russia: "pisanki" – richly ornamented eggs of two, three or four colors, and "krashenki" – Easter eggs of one color, without any ornament. In compliance with ancient traditions Russians mark the celebration of Easter with presenting colored eggs to each other.

This tradition was also very popular with the Russian ruling house; the colored eggs were presented to boyars and Russian nobility. In addition to natural eggs, there were extensively used eggs made of different materials and richly ornamented.

By the beginning of the 20th century Easter eggs making had turned to be an independent branch of Russian decorative and applied arts. A special place is occupied by porcelain eggs, which were specially ordered by the Russian Tsars at the Emperor Porcelain Manufacture. They are of high artistic value and perfection and are viewed at present as popular antique objects and Russian souvenirs.