Clover Leaf (Fabergé egg)
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The Clover Leaf Egg is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1902, for the then Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II.
Alexander presented it as an Easter gift to his wife, Alexandra Fyodorovna.
It is held in the Kremlin Armoury Museum in Moscow.
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[edit] Craftsmanship
A pattern of stems and leaves of clover forms the shape of the egg. The gaps between the metal outline of the leaves are covered with transparent bright green enamel. A very thin golden ribbon paved with rubies curls through the foliage.
[edit] Surprise
The surprise has been lost but according to archives four leaves with twenty three diamonds and four miniature portraits of the Tsar Alexander's daughters were fixed inside the egg.
