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: 9 in.
Materials: composition of cooper, tin and brass covered with blue enamel.
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 Chanticleer Kelha Egg
Date 1904
Provenance Presented by russian industrialist Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch to his wife Barbara Kelch-Bazanova.
Made in St. Petersburg
Materials blue, enamel, clock.
Kept in collection by Viktor Vekselberg.
History
The Kelch Chanticleer egg is, together with the 1906 Moscow Kremlin Egg, one of Fabergé's largest Imperial Easter eggs. It was long believed to be an Imperial egg and was purchased as such from A La Vieille Russie by Malcolm Forbes in 1966. The first doubts were raised as to its Imperial status in 1979, when the ownership of six Fabergé eggs illustrated in a 1920 photograph was attributed to Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch. These included several eggs which had previously been considered Imperial (including the Pine Cone Egg and the Chanticleer egg) as well as three others bearing the initials BK of Barbara Kelch (the 1898 Kelch Hen Egg, the 1902 Rocaille Egg and the 1903 Kelch Bonbonniere Egg). In 2004 it was sold as part of the Forbes Collection to Viktor Vekselberg. Vekselberg purchased some nine Imperial eggs from the collection, for almost $100 million
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