One-hundred thirty-six years ago, Tsar Alexander III of Russia commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create a jeweled egg as an Easter ... a miniature diamond replica of the imperial crown and ...

In 1885, Czar Alexander III commissioned 38-year-old Carl Faberge ... replica of the royal crown and a tiny ruby egg pedant. Known as the “Hen Egg,” it became the first of 50 Fabergé Imperial ...

In the case of the Gatchina Palace Egg, the egg opened to a gold replica of the royal residence ... He died in exile in Switzerland in 1920. Faberge's imperial eggs stand today as a symbol of ...

The last Faberge Imperial Egg to go on auction was sold for $9.57 ... Inside a velvet-lined compartment is a replica of the royal coach.

The initial Faberge eggs had a unique design ... Again this small hen could also be ‘opened’ to reveal a tiny replica of the Imperial crown. And beside the crown, you could see the small ...

To her enchantment, the tsarina opened it to discover a golden yolk shrouding a golden hen concealing a diminutive diamond replica of the imperial crown and a miniature ruby egg pendant.

which then opened to a gold-and-diamond replica of the imperial crown, which itself contained a tiny ruby pendant suspended on a chain. The so-called Hen Egg was the beginning of a series of ...

This was commissioned to Carl Faberge and that’s how the first Imperial Easter egg was made ... which led the beholder to a diamond replica of the Imperial crown, from which a small ruby ...

The hen could also be opened up, to reveal a tiny diamond replica of the imperial crown and a tiny ruby pendant. The tsar and empress were so impressed by this first egg that Alexander III put in ...

The egg, designed by the renowned jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé, was such a success with the imperial family that Fabergé went on to produce dozens more. By the turn of the century, his creation ...

The white enamel “hen” egg, containing a gold yolk, gold hen, tiny replica of the imperial crown and ruby pendant, was a hit, and Fabergé went on to create a new egg for the Tsar every Easter ...