The Scandinavian egg (or Quisling egg) is an enamelled Easter egg made by Michael Perchin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé between 1899 and 1903.[1] The egg was made for a St. Petersburg client, one of the very few eggs that were not made for the Russian Imperial Family.[1]
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The egg opens to reveal an enamelled yolk, which contains a miniature hen [2].
Rediscovered in an Oslo bank safe, among the possessions of Maria Quisling, the widow of World War II fascist collaborator Vidkun Quisling [3], it was acquired by Malcolm Forbes for his collection in the 1980s.
The Forbes Collection was sold in 2004 to Viktor Vekselberg for almost $100 million [4]