Fabergé egg

A Fabergé egg is one of the jewelled eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company between 1885 and 1917.[1]

Rose trellis egg

The most famous are those made for the Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II. They were Easter gifts for their wives and mothers, and are called the 'Imperial' Fabergé eggs. The House of Fabergé made about 52 imperial eggs, of which 46 have survived.[2] Two more were planned for Easter 1918, but were not delivered, due to the Russian Revolution.[3]

List of Fabergé Tsar Imperial Easter eggs

Below is a list of the eggs made for the Russian imperial family.[4]

DateEggImageDescriptionOwner
1885First Hen EggAlso known as the Jewelled Hen Egg, it was the first in a series of 54 jeweled eggs made for the Russian Imperial family under Peter Carl Fabergé's supervision. The tsarina and the tsar enjoyed the egg so much that Alexander III ordered a new egg from Fabergé for his wife every EasterViktor Vekselberg Viktor Vekselberg - Wikipedia
1886Hen egg with sapphire pendantAlso known as the Egg with hen in basket, it was made in 1886 for Alexander III, who presented it to his wife, the Empress Maria FeodorovnaLOST
1887Third Imperial EggA jewelled and ridged yellow gold egg with Vacheron & Constantin watch. It is on its original tripod pedestal. In 2014, it was bought by London-based jeweler Wartski on behalf of a private collector.[5]Private Collection
1888Cherub with chariot EggAlso known as the Angel with egg in chariot, made and delivered in 1888 to Alexander III. This is one of the lost Imperial eggs. Few details are known about itLOST
1889Nécessaire EggCrafted and delivered to Alexander III, who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna, on Easter 1889.LOST
1890Danish palaces EggCrafted and delivered to Alexander III, who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna, on Easter 1890.Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation.[6]
1891Memory of Azov EggKremlin Armoury, Moscow, Russia
1892Diamond trellis EggPrivate collection
1893Caucasus EggMatilda Geddings Gray Foundation.[7]
1894Renaissance EggViktor Vekselberg
1895Rosebud EggViktor Vekselberg
1895Blue serpent clock EggBefore March 2014 mistaken for the Third Imperial EggAlbert II of Monaco collection, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1896Rock crystal EggAlso known as the revolving miniatures eggVirginia Museum of Fine Arts
1896Twelve monograms EggAlso known as the Alexander III portraits egg.[8] Surprise is missing.Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C.
1897Imperial Coronation EggViktor Vekselberg
1897Mauve EggOnly the egg's surprise has survived.LOST
Viktor Vekselberg
1898Lilies of the Valley EggThe egg is one of two in Art Nouveau style. It was presented on April 5 to Tsar Nicholas II, and was used as a gift to the tsaritsa, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.Viktor Vekselberg
1898Pelican EggVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
1899Bouquet of lilies clock eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1899Pansy eggThe egg's surpriseMatilda Gray Stream, US
1900Trans-Siberian Railway eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1900Cockerel eggViktor Vekselberg
1901Basket of flowersRoyal Collection, London, United Kingdom
1901Gatchina Palace eggWalters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
1902Clover leaf eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1902Empire nephrite eggSurprise – miniature portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia and Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (original lost)Private collection, New York City
1903Peter the Great eggVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
1903Royal Danish eggLOST
1904No eggs made
1905No eggs made
1906Moscow Kremlin eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1906Swan eggEdouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland
1907Rose trellis eggWalters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1907Love trophies egg or 'Cradle with garlands' eggPrivate Collection
1908Alexander Palace eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1908Peacock eggEdouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland
1909Standart yacht eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1909Alexander III commemorative eggLOST
1910Colonnade eggRoyal Collection, London, UK
1910Alexander III equestrian eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1911Fifteenth anniversary eggViktor Vekselberg
1911Bay tree eggAlso known as the Orange Tree EggViktor Vekselberg
1912Tsarevich eggVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
1912Napoleonic eggMatilda Geddings Gray Foundation. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1913Romanov tercentenary eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1913Winter eggThe State of Qatar
1914Mosaic eggRoyal Collection, London, UK
1914Grisaille egg or Catherine the Great eggThe egg was made by Henrik Wigström, Fabergé's last head workmaster. It was given to Maria Fedrovna by her son Nicholas II. Its surprise (now lost) was "a mechanical sedan chair, carried by two blackamoors, with Catherine the Great seated inside".[9]Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C., USA
1915Red Cross with triptych eggCleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1915Red Cross with imperial portraitsVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
1916Steel military eggKremlin Armoury, Moscow
1916Order of St. George eggMade during World War I, the egg commemorates the Order of St. George awarded to Emperor Nicholas and his son, the Grand Duke Alexei Nikolaievich.[10] This and the previous egg were given a modest design in keeping with the austerity of World War I.[11] Fabergé billed 13,347 rubles for the two.[10] The Order of St. George egg left Bolshevik Russia with its original recipient, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.[12]Viktor Vekselberg
1917Karelian birch eggMade in 1917, the egg was due to be completed and delivered to the tsar that Easter, as a present for his mother, the Empress Maria Feodorovna. Before the egg could be delivered, the February Revolution took place and Nicholas II was forced to abdicate on March 15. On April 25, Fabergé sent the Tsar an invoice for the egg, addressing Nicholas II not as "Tsar of all the Russians" but as "Mr. Romanov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich". Nicholas paid 12,500 rubles. The egg was sent to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich at his palace, for presentation to the empress, but the duke fled before it arrived. The egg remained in the palace until it was looted after the October Revolution.Alexander Ivanov. Displayed at Ivanov's Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany.
1917Constellation eggBecause of the Russian Revolution, this egg was never finished or presented to Tsar Nicholas's wife, the Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna. Two eggs have claims to be the Constellation egg: one held at Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow and the other in the possession of Alexander Ivanov and displayed at Ivanov's Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany.Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow or the Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden.

List of the Kelch eggs

Faberge also made eggs for Alexander Kelch, a Siberian gold mine industrialist, as gifts for his wife Barbara (Varvara) Kelch-Bazanova. Most are copies of other eggs.

DateEggImageDescriptionOwner
1898Kelch Hen EggViktor Vekselberg
1899Twelve Panel EggRoyal Collection, London, UK
1900Pine Cone EggPrivate collection
1901Apple Blossom EggLiechtenstein National Museum
1902Rocaille EggDorothy and Artie McFerrin collection
1903Bonbonnière EggPrivate collection
1904Kelch Chanticleer EggViktor Vekselberg

Other Fabergé eggs
DateEggImageDescriptionOwner
1885–91Blue Striped Enamel EggPrivate collection
1902Duchess of Marlborough EggViktor Vekselberg
1902Rothschild EggHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1907Youssoupov EggEdouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland
1914Nobel Ice EggDorothy and Artie McFerrin collection
1885–89Resurrection Eggpossibly the surprise from the 1894 Renaissance Egg[13]Viktor Vekselberg
1899–1903Spring Flowers EggPossibly not FabergéViktor Vekselberg
1899–1903Scandinavian EggViktor Vekselberg
1895 Egg-Stamp A seal, made of red gold, surrounding the upper part of the Egg and bowenite, decorated with 19 diamonds. At the top of the Egg six rubies, cabochons on garlands, and three rubies, cabochons on the chest of the cherubs. Private collection

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  6. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, planned to be till 2016. "Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection November 22, 2011–November 27, 2016". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  7. Displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York.
  8. Hillwood Museum have identified the twelve monograms Egg previously dated to 1895 as the Alexander III portraits egg of 1896, Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
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