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Fabergé - Imperial Eggs
Eggs as symbols of creation and new life have been exchanged for hundreds of years. Fabergé Imperial Eggs were commissioned annually for the Russian Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II. Peter Carl Fabergé is deservedly the most famous creator of these stunning gold, silver, and jewel-studded treasures of Imperial Russia. The first Fabergé Egg was presented in 1885 as an Easter gift from Czar Alexander III to his wife, Czarina Maria Feodorovna and was proclaimed the most beautiful gift ever given. The advent of the first gift of a Fabergé Egg sparked a tradition among Russian Czars for the next three decades, until the demise of the Imperial Court. On Easter Sunday, the reigning Czar would present an Imperial Egg to his wife or mother. Fabergé's Imperial Egg designs became the object of great anticipation by the Imperial Court, whom Fabergé delighted in surprising with Imperial Eggs each more magnificent than the last. |
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| Edition I Imperial Eggs | |||
Enameled Easter Egg 1899 | This egg was gift from Czar Alexander III to his wife, Maria Feodorovna in 1899. The blue enamel ground in overlaid with gold ribbing. The surprise in this egg was a small hand carved rabbit made of semi-precious stone. The Enameled Easter Egg is part of a private collection. |
Rosebud Egg 1895 | Presented by Czar Nicholas II to Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna. The Rosebud Egg, so called because of the surprise inside, is a red translucent egg sparingly decorated with gold swags that are pendants from rosecut diamonds. The Rosebud Egg is part of the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. |
Pine Cone Egg 1900 | Created in 1900, this egg is composed of overlapping disks enameled translucent deep blue over a guilloché ground with diamond set borders. The egg contains, as a surprise, a miniature elephant. The Pine Cone Egg is part of a private collection. |
Lilies-of-the-Valley Egg 1898 | One of three Art Nouveau eggs created by Fabergé, this floral creation is a fantasy of nature. The surprise is a set of three miniature portraits of Czar Nicholas II and two of his children. The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. |
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Peter the Great Egg 1903 | The Peter the Great Imperial Egg was presented in 1903 to Czarina Alexandra in celebration of the Bicentenary of Petersburg. The Egg design features a representation of the Winter Palace, and an intricate design in 14-karat gold. Part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Lillian Pratt Collection. When the egg is opened, an interior statue of Peter the Great rises into position from the lower half of the shell. This Egg is in The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the Estate of Lillian Thomas Pratt. |
Fifteenth Anniverary Egg 1911 | The most sentimental and personal of all the Imperial Egg designs, the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg was presented by Czar Nicholas II to his wife, Alexandra, on Easter Sunday, April 23rd, 1911. The Imperial Egg features miniature portraits of the Imperial family and highlights of significant occasions from their lives together. Currently on view at the Forbes Gallery in New York, the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg design is depicted in magnificent emerald green, and ivory, and accented with gold and the color of champagne diamonds. The Egg is part of The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. |
Renaissance Egg 1894 | The "Renaissance Egg" was commissioned by Czar Alexander III and presented to his wife, Maria Feodorovna on Easter Sunday, 1894. Renaissance-Style motifs decorate the Egg design with palmettes, flowers and leaves in brilliant, translucent reds, greens, blues, opaque white and gold. One of the few Imperial eggs that Fabergé dated, the Renaissance Egg today is part of the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. |
Coronation Egg 1897 | The Coronation Egg was presented in 1897 by Czar Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. In this Imperial Egg design, Peter Carl Fabergé captured the optimism associated with Spring and the newly crowned Imperial ruler with dazzling yellow starbursts patterned with golden trellises, black enameled eagles and brilliant diamonds. To make the Egg more magnificent, Fabergé enclosed an extraordinary detailed jeweled "surprise" inside: a miniaturized replica of the golden coronation coach. Today, the Coronation Egg and the Coronation coach are part of the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. |
| Edition III Imperial Eggs | |||
Cameo Egg 1914 | The Imperial Cameo Egg is made of four-color gold and has enameled panels painted by the miniaturist Vasiliy Zuiev. This egg was a gift from Nicholas II to his mother, Maria Feodorovna. According to correspondence between Marie and her sister Queen Alexandra of England, the surprise, now lost, was a Sedan Chair in which sat Catherine the Great. This Egg is part of The Hillwood Museum Collection. |
Silver Anniversary Egg 1896 | The upper and lower halves of the egg are each divided into six panels. Each panel contains a cyrillic cipher in diamonds. The egg is of bright blue enamel with a design of red gold. The egg was possibly a gift for Czar Alexander III's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. This Egg is part of The Hillwood Museum Collection. |
Rose Trellis Egg 1907 | This 1907 egg was a gift to Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Its name refers to the "Trellises" of diamonds that criss-cross its surface. The egg's surprise was probably an oval locket that has since been lost. This Egg is part of The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland. |
Danish Palace Egg 1895 | The Egg was made of delicate translucent pink enamel over a guilloché star cut ground. When opened, the surprise is a screen of panels, painted by Krijitski in 1891, which depict various palaces and residences of The Danish Royal Family. The Egg was given by Nicholas II to the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna. This Egg is part of The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection at The New Orleans Museum of Art. |
| Edition IV Imperial Eggs | |||
Imperial Alexander Palace Egg 1908 | Created in 1908, this egg features five magnificent portraits of the children of Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra. The portrait shown on the egg is their daughter Anastasia. The "surprise" inside the egg is a model of the Alexandrovsky Palace. The egg is part of the Moscow Kremlin Museum Collection. |
The Gold, Enamel and Jeweled Egg 1899 | This egg is encircled with a band of diamonds and is enameled in a translucent pink color with a border of enameled roses and matte gold. Carl Fabergé created this egg in 1899 for Barbara Kelch, wife of the industrialist Alexander Kelch. Eggs of such grandeur were made for only a few customers apart from the imperial court. This egg is part of the Royal Collection, London. |
The Czarevitch Egg 1912 | This ornate, lapis-lazuli egg is overlaid with gold tracery, in the style of a Louis XV cagework, of shells, scrolls, baskets of flowers, and putti. The top of the egg opens to reveal a "surprise", a diamond studded Russian Imperial Eagle with a miniature painting of the Czarevitch, Alex Nicholavich. This egg is part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the estate of Lillian Thomas Pratt. |
Imperial Swan Egg 1906 | In Russia, the swan is considered a symbol of family life and the permanence of the bond of marriage. Czar Nicholas II presented this egg to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna for Easter 1906, the year of her 40th wedding anniversary. The egg is made of a sky blue translucent enamel with diamond encrusted trellis. The "surprise" is a platinum swan. This egg belongs to Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland. |
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Peter Carl Faberge was the supreme craftsman of his era. As master designer to the Imperial Russian Court, he fashioned exquisite works of art for two Russian Czars and the Russian Imperial Court. During his lifetime, Faberge workhops created over 200,000 objets d'art, including 50 Imperial eggs. This collection pays tribute to the talent and artistry of Peter Carl Faberge. All the pieces in the collection incorporate the original designs of Faberge and are crafted in the highest European tradition with quality materials and faultless workmanship. To complete the presentation of these unique Faberge articles, each is shipped in a decorative gift case that is stamped with the Imperial seal.