Answers to Questions about Imperial Fabergé Easter Eggs, March 27, 2017

1) How many Imperial Easter eggs are there?

Date Title Location Alexander III to Maria Fedorovna 1 1885 The Hen Egg Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 2 1886 Hen Egg with Sapphire Present whereabouts unknown Pendant 3 1887 Third Imperial Easter Private Collection Egg (rediscovered in 2014) 4 1888 Cherub Egg with Present whereabouts unknown Chariot 5 1889 Nécessaire Egg Present whereabouts unknown 6 1890 Danish Palace Egg Matilda Geddings Gray Collection on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 7 1891 Memory of Azov Egg Kremlin Armoury Museum, 8 1892 Diamond Trellis Egg The McFerrin Collection, Houston 9 1893 Caucasus Egg Matilda Geddings Gray Collection on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 10 1894 Renaissance Egg Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg Nicholas II to Maria Fedorovna (MF) and Alexandra Fedorovna (AF) 11 1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg Collection of the Prince of (MF) Monaco 12 Rosebud Egg (AF) Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 13 1896 Twelve Monogram Egg Hillwood Estate, Museum & (Alexander III Egg) Gardens (MF) 14 Revolving Miniatures Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Egg (AF) Richmond 15 1897 Mauve Enamel Egg Egg: Present whereabouts (MF) unknown Surprise: Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 16 Coronation Egg (AF) Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 17 1898 Pelican Egg (MF) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond 18 Lilies of the Valley Egg Fabergé Museum, St. (AF) Petersburg 19 1899 Pansy Egg (MF) Private Collection 20 Bouquet of Lilies Clock Kremlin Armoury Museum, Egg (AF) Moscow 21 1900 Cockerel Egg (MF) Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 22 Trans-Siberian Railway Kremlin Armoury Museum, Egg (AF) Moscow 23 1901 Gatchina Palace Egg Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (MF) 24 Basket of Wild Flowers Royal Collection, London Egg (AF) 25 1902 Empire Nephrite Egg Present whereabouts unknown (MF) 26 Clover Egg (AF) Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow 27 1903 Danish Jubilee Egg Present whereabouts unknown (MF) 8 Egg Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, (AF) Richmond 1904-1905: No eggs delivered because of the war 29 1906 Swan Egg (MF) Edouard & Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland 30 Egg Kremlin Armoury Museum, (AF) Moscow 31 1907 Cradle with Garlands Private Collection Egg (MF) 32 Rose Treillis Egg (AF) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore 33 1908 Peacock Egg (MF) Edouard & Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland 34 Alexander Palace Egg Kremlin Armoury Museum, (AF) Moscow 35 1909 Alexander III Present whereabouts unknown Commemorative Egg (MF) 36 Standart Egg (AF) Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow 37 1910 Alexander III Kremlin Armoury Museum, Equestrian Egg (MF) Moscow 37 Colonnade Egg (AF) Royal Collection, London 39 1911 Bay-Tree Egg (MF) Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg 40 Fifteenth Anniversary Fabergé Museum, St. Egg (AF) Petersburg 41 1912 Napoelonic Egg (MF) Matilda Geddings Gray Collection on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 42 Tsarevich Egg (AF) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond 43 1913 Winter Egg (MF) Collection of Sheik Saud Al Thani, Doha 44 Romanov Kremlin Armoury Museum, Tercentenary Egg (AF) Moscow 45 1914 Hillwood Estate, Museum & (Grisaille) Egg (MF) Gardens 46 Mosaic Egg (AF) Royal Collection, London 47 1915 Red Cross Egg with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Imperial Portraits (MF) Richmond 48 Red Cross Egg with The Cleveland Museum of Art, Triptych (AF) The India Early Minshall Collection 49 1916 Order of St. George Fabergé Museum, St. Egg (MF) Petersburg 50 Steel Military Egg (AF) Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow Never Delivered 51 1917 The Birch Easter Egg Fabergé Museum, Baden- (MF) Baden, Germany 52 The Blue Tsarevich A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Constellation Egg Museum, Moscow (unfinished) (AF)

2) Do we know if the stand for the Catherine the Great egg was made for/by MMP? The stand for the Catherine the Great Egg was commissioned by Marjorie Post in 1940. The online database describes the stand thusly: "in four color gold has four legs ending in lion's feet and crossed arrows joining legs to each other. This stand is not original to piece. Original stand is missing." http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection/item/11.81.1-2?r=/collection/search?s=11.81

3) What do the eggs look like inside? Photographs of the interiors (for study only—do not distribute): Catherine the Great Egg:

The online object database describes the Catherine egg’s inside thusly: "Inside of cover is engraved with a guilloche pattern basket pattern in concentric circles."

Twelve Monogram Egg (for study only):

The online object database describes the Twelve Monogram egg inside thusly: “The interior is lined with ivory satin.”