Alexander III Portraits (Fabergé egg)

The Alexander III Portraits egg is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1896, for Nicholas II of Russia.[1]

It was presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. The egg is one of four commemorating Alexander III, the other three are the missing Empire Nephrite (1902) and Alexander III Commemorative (1909) eggs and the Alexander III Equestrian egg (1910).[2] It is one of eight eggs that is currently lost and may have been lent to a London Exhibition in 1935.

Surprise

It is believed that this egg contained six miniatures of Emperor Alexander III on an ivory background.

See also

References

  1. ^ 1896 Twelve Monogram Egg / Alexander III Portraits Egg, Mieks Fabergé Eggs.
  2. ^ List of Fabergé Eggs, Mieks Fabergé Eggs.
Imperial Easter Eggs
Hen • Hen with Sapphire Pendant • Blue Serpent Clock • Cherub with Chariot • Nécessaire • Danish Palaces • Memory of Azov • Diamond Trellis • Caucasus • Renaissance • Rosebud • Twelve Monograms • Rock Crystal • Alexander III Portraits • Coronation • Mauve • Lilies-of-the-Valley • Pelican  • Bouquet of Lilies Clock • Pansy  • Trans-Siberian Railway • Cockerel  • Basket of Wild Flowers • Gatchina Palace • Clover Leaf • Empire Nephrite • Peter the Great • Royal Danish • Moscow Kremlin • Swan • Rose Trellis • Cradle with Garlands • Alexander Palace • Peacock  • Standart Yacht • Alexander III Commemorative • Colonnade • Alexander III Equestrian • Fifteenth Anniversary • Bay Tree • Tsarevich • Napoleonic • Romanov Tercentenary • Winter • Mosaic • Grisaille  • Red Cross with Triptych  • Red Cross with Imperial Portraits • Steel Military • Order of St. George • Karelian Birch • Constellation (unfinished)
Fabergé Kelch Eggs
Twelve Panel • Pine Cone • Apple Blossom • Rocaille • Bonbonnière • Chanticleer
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Blue Striped Enamel  • Duchess of Marlborough • Rothschild • Youssoupov • Nobel Ice • Resurrection • Spring Flowers