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The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906. A Fabergé egg (Russian: яйцо Фаберже, romanized:yaytso Faberzhe) is a jewelled egg created by the jewellery firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. As many as 69 were created, of which 57 survive today.
House of Fabergé. The House of Fabergé (French pronunciation: [fabɛʁʒe]; Russian: Дом Фаберже, romanized: Dom Faberzhe) was a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Fabergé, using the accented name Fabergé. [1] Gustav's sons – Peter Carl and Agathon – and grandsons followed him in running the ...
Nécessaire (Fabergé egg) The Nécessaire egg is an Imperial Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-two jeweled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family. It was crafted and delivered to the then Tsar of Russia, Alexander III who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna on Easter day 1889.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 September 2024. Russian jeweller (1846–1920) Peter Carl Fabergé Петер Карл Фаберже Born 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1846 Saint Petersburg, Russia Died 24 September 1920 (1920-09-24) (aged 74) Lausanne, Switzerland Other names Karl Gustavovich Fabergé Spouse Augusta Julia Jacobs (m. 1872 ...
100 millimetres (3.9 in) diameter. Surprise. Not known. The Basket of Flowers [note 1] egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1901. The Fabergé egg was made for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his wife, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. [2] [3]
82 millimetres (3.2 in) Surprise. Vacheron & Constantin Lady's watch. The Third Imperial egg is an Easter Fabergé egg created in the workshop of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian tsar Alexander III and presented to his wife, Maria Feodorovna, on Orthodox Easter of 1887. The egg was created in Louis XVI style and it consists of a solid 18K ...
The First Hen egg or Jeweled Hen egg is an Imperial Fabergé egg. It became the first in a series of more than 50 such jeweled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family. It was delivered to Tsar Alexander III and given to his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1885. The tsarina enjoyed the egg so much that ...
The egg was created by Peter Carl Faberge's workmaster, Michael Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903) and is crafted of yellow gold, rose-cut diamonds, portrait diamonds, translucent pink en green enamel and opaque white enamel. The upper and lower sections of the Egg are each divided into six panels by bands of matt-finished gold, overlaid with rows ...