Talk:Fabergé egg

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[edit] older comments

The article discusses only the Imperial eggs. The House of Fabergé also made eggs for the aristocrats. The role of workmasters, especially Michael Perchin should be mentioned, and the extraordinary range of materials and techniques referred to. --Wetman 20:43, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Two Faberge eggs stolen

Hi,

Just saw this on the internet, and maybe it should be updated in the article?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6471389.stm for info about the robbery.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6473417.stm that the Police are chasing the robbers.


—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.194.129.105 (talk) 10:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Vivian Alexander Site

Please let me know if others consider this a valuable external link. There is a large amount of information on imperial faberge eggs, especially in the knowledge center located at: http://www.vivianalexander.com/knowledge-center.html

This designer's eggs have are also featured in a Smirnoff commercial. These are not replicas and the site should seriously be considered as a valuable external link. Thanks for your consideration and comments.

Done. User:Byorzinski 2 January 2007 09:14 (UTC)
  • Byorzinski, the Vivian Alexander site is a no-go for three reasons: 1. Its primary purpose is to sell stuff, so placing that link here is kind of like advertising; something that the wiki-community super-frowns upon. 2. The eggs sold on the site aren't faberge eggs. they are vivian alexander eggs, inspired by faberge. that would make the products sold on the site, unrelated to this article. 3. The "knowledge section", doesn't appear to have any new information that would warrant it being linked to from an encyclopedia article. Even if it did, I think people would find that 1 and 2 above would outweigh it being placed in this article. Taco325i 15:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

"Faberge egg", "Faberge eggs" and "Fabergé eggs" should redirect here. But I don't know how to do it. Can anyone help?

Done. LeoDV 5 July 2005 17:21 (UTC)

[edit] Word choice

"Masterpiece" is used quite incorrectly in the first section. A masterpiece is, literally, a work of art -- singular -- marking an artist's transition from journeyman/student to master. Artists only have 'one' masterpiece. R 03:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Recheck your dictionary - the sense you're referencing is just one of several definitions, and not even the most common one nowadays. Stan 06:19, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the reference in here about Armand Hammer is necessarily true. According to Dossier, his biography by Edward Jay Epstein, he created numerous forgeries of Faberge eggs with tools from the workshop to sell in America to raise funds for Russia. It's unlikely that he actually bought any.

[edit] Inside

Just a question -- all the Fabergé eggs can be oppened, helding any surprise inside? 201.6.119.5 01:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] External links

While I think we're all in agreement that commercial links (particularly irrelevant commercial links) have no place in the article, I think placing prior restraints on them and requiring approval (i.e. "Do not add any external links here without first posting them on the talk page for discussion!") appears contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia that anyone can freely edit. We seem to be pretty vigilant in removing crap that's posted, so I think it's unnecessary to discourage people from posting links. Taco325i 14:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed eight unnecessary links before putting that warning up, and I've seen similar warnings on other pages that are frequently spammed. But if you think it's not friendly, that's fine, we'll just watch the page. Tocharianne 00:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I believe the advice on the external links page regarding links to businesses is a little limiting. If the advice on the page was followed fully it would create ridiculous situations; a page on the history of motor cars could have no links to the firm's who made them. Wartski are deeply ingrained into the history of Faberge. They acquired the eggs from the Soviet government. As a compromise I have put a link to their 'About page'. This page outlines their history and mentions their role in buying the eggs. It is not a commercial page and does not link to the other parts of the site

[edit] 52 or 57?

Lead states there are 50 and 2 unfinished, but body that there were 57 made.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  03:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

There were fifty eggs made and the two for 1917; the Birch and Constellation eggs were not finished, see 'The Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs', Faberge, Proler and Skurlov (London, 1997). The deleting of the link to Warstki, London I believe weakens the page. The firm purchased a number of the Eggs from the Soviet government and is intimately bound to their history. To understand the eggs and their post Imperial place in the history of decorative arts requires referencing long established dealers such as Wartski, who bought, studied, exhibited and conserved them. Hence I propose putting the link back

Unfortunately that webpage is not about the history of Faberge but is a commercial site designed to sell jewelry. Check out WP:SPAM or WP:EL to see what kind of external links are considered inappropriate. Tocharianne 04:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Irrelevant Information

This page tells people who are interested in Fabergé eggs (FE) the following things:

- What is a FE?
- A short history of the FE
- Which eggs have been made and what's their current location?
- ...
- What kind of silly jokes have been made about FE in the Simpsons?

Why would people want to know what references to FE have been made in the Simpsons - or any other popular form of media? This is wikipedia, not simpsonpedia. Sure, it's information. And who knows it may be true as well. But why mention it? I think we can safely remove this trivial section about FE references in the Simpsons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.194.81.200 (talk • contribs) 12:35, July 12, 2007.

For the record, I agree, but unless others do it's likely to get re-added. Fortunately, this is the place to find out what others think. Tocharianne 22:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree too. All trivia is superfluous unless it has some form of impact upon the subject of the article.Jon1984 (talk) 15:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I basically agree. To appease the Simpson fan community, I would suggest to summarize the Simpson facts into one paragraph, and integrate into the general television paragraph. How does that sound? (Audionaut 11:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC))
Postscript: I've done it (wee). (Audionaut (talk) 09:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Trivia

Trivia was interesting, especially the the fictional robberies. Perhaps, it will be better to return it back? --Shakko kitsune (talk) 21:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so. None of the trivia contributed to the article or told us about Fabergé eggs. Better to link to this article from the relevant episodes...Gareth E Kegg (talk) 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)