Constellation (Fabergé egg)
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The Constellation Egg is one of a series of fifty-two Russian jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1917, for the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Due to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the egg was never finished or presented to Tsar Nicholas' wife, the Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.
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The 1917 Constellation egg is made of blue glass and is studded with diamonds. The egg rests on a base made of quartz. The egg was supposed to have a silver rim around it, but lacks the original rim, since the egg was never actually finished. The Constellation egg is the last Fabergè egg ever made for the Tzar.
