Tsar Alexander III of Russia sparked a royal tradition that would become one of the most opulent and iconic legacies in the history of art. He commissioned famed jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé to create a ...

These blue enamelled eggs are part of a necklace that was made by Russia’s most famous jeweller. There is confirmation inside the lid of the box, where 'K. Fabergé, Moscow' is written in Cyrillic.

As Easter approaches, it reminds me of one of my favourite dreams: being asked to go through the boxes of a client’s attic to ...