Imperial Coronation (Fabergé egg)
The Imperial Coronation egg is a jewelled Fabergé egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1897 by Fabergé ateliers, Mikhail Perkhin and Henrik Wigstrom. The egg was made to commemorate Tsarina, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Imperial Coronation (Fabergé egg)
The piece with its original stand in 1902, now lost
The last Romanov patriarchs at their Coronation Mass, painting by Laurits Regner Tuxen, 1898
The Imperial Family, 1913; Left to right, seated: Grand Duchess Maria and Tsaritsa Alexandra; Tsarevitch Alexei; Tsar Nicholas II; Grand Duchess Anastasia; Standing: Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Olga
A Fabergé egg 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. Virtually all were manufactured under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917. The most famous are his 52 "Imperial" eggs, 46 of which survive, made for the Russian emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their wives and mothers. Fabergé eggs are worth millions of pounds and have become symbols of opulence.
The Imperial Coronation egg, one of the most famous and iconic of all the Fabergé eggs.
The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906.
Image: Яйцо "Курочка"
Image: Vitrines with Fabergé eggs
