Faberge Renaissance Egg

This item has a rich tradition in Russian history. Once made for the Czar, exact copy is available to you. This Faberge Egg is designed from the sketch of Carl Faberge by the jewelers in Saint-Petersburg. The Egg represents a jewelry box where following old Faberge tradition you can put a surprise (ring, pendant or necklace).

Egg dimensions: 3 in.

Materials: composition of cooper, tin and brass covered with red and gold enamel (talmi-gold).

Manufacturing techniques: minting, filigree work, enamel and inlay by Swarovsky crystals.

Produced in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Faberge Egg can become a unique gift for person who is special to you or can become a beautiful decoration for your home.

Gift like Faberge egg is an excellent way to express Russian culture and tradition, it is especially appreciated around Easter time.

About the original

Name Renaissance Egg

Date 1894

Provenance Presented by Alexander III to Czarina Maria Fyodorovna

Work-master Michael Perchin

Materials chalcedony , gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies , emerald, white agate

Techniques trelliswork, enamel

Kept in Svyaz' Vremyon Fund - Viktor Vekselberg collection - Moscow

History

Alexander III was billed 4,750 rubles for the Renaissance egg, and it was confiscated by the Russian Provisional Government in 1917. It was sold alongside nine other eggs for 1,500 rubles to Armand Hammer.

Advertised for sale by Hammer in 1937, it was sold to Henry Talbot DeVere Clifton. It had been sold in November 1949 to the Swingline magnates Jack and Belle Linsky.

Attempting to give their Fabergé collection to the Metropolitan Museum, the Linskys were rebuffed, as the museum stated it was not interested in "Edwardian decorative trivia".[3] The egg was then sold to the Manhattan antique dealers A La Vieille Russie, where it was purchased by Malcolm Forbes for his collection on May 15, 1965.

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