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PDF generated at: Fri, 14 May 2010 17:17:53 UTC Contents Articles Introduction 1 Fabergé egg 1 House of Fabergé 6 Peter Carl Fabergé 12 Imperial Easter Eggs 16 Alexander III Commemorative (Fabergé egg) 16 Alexander III Equestrian (Fabergé egg) 17 Alexander III Portraits (Fabergé egg) 18 Alexander Palace (Fabergé egg) 19 Basket of Wild Flowers (Fabergé egg) 20 Bay Tree (Fabergé egg) 21 Blue Serpent Clock Egg 22 Bouquet of Lilies Clock (Fabergé egg) 24 Caucasus (Fabergé egg) 25 Cherub with Chariot Egg 26 Clover Leaf (Fabergé egg) 27 Colonnade (Fabergé egg) 28 Constellation (Fabergé egg) 30 Danish Palaces Egg 31 Diamond Trellis Egg 32 Empire Nephrite (Fabergé egg) 33 Gatchina Palace (Fabergé egg) 34 Hen with Sapphire Pendant 35 Imperial Coronation Egg 36 Karelian Birch (Fabergé egg) 40 Lilies of the Valley 41 Mauve (Fabergé egg) 42 Memory of Azov Egg 42 Mosaic (Fabergé egg) 44 Moscow Kremlin (Fabergé egg) 45 Napoleonic (Fabergé egg) 46 Nécessaire Egg 48 Order of St. George (Fabergé egg) 49 Peacock (Fabergé egg) 50 Pelican (Fabergé egg) 52 Peter the Great (Fabergé egg) 54 Red Cross with Imperial Portraits 56 Red Cross with Triptych (Fabergé egg) 58 Renaissance (Fabergé egg) 59 Rock Crystal (Fabergé egg) 61 Romanov Tercentenary (Fabergé egg) 63 Rose Trellis (Fabergé egg) 65 Rosebud (Fabergé egg) 66 Royal Danish (Fabergé egg) 67 Standart Yacht (Fabergé egg) 68 Steel Military (Fabergé egg) 69 Swan (Fabergé egg) 70 Trans- Siberian Railway (Fabergé egg) 71 Tsarevich (Fabergé egg) 73 Twelve Monograms (Fabergé egg) 75 Winter (Fabergé egg) 76 Fabergé Kelch Eggs 77 Kelch Chanticleer (Fabergé egg) 77 Twelve Panel (Fabergé egg) 79 Pine Cone (Fabergé egg) 80 Other Fabergé Eggs 82 Duchess of Marlborough Egg 82 Nobel Ice (Fabergé egg) 83 Resurrection Egg 85 Rothschild (Fabergé egg) 86 References Article Sources and Contributors 88 Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 90 Article Licenses License 91 1 Introduction Fabergé egg A Fabergé egg (Russian: Яйца Фаберже; Yaĭtsa Faberzhe; ) is any one of the thousands of jeweled eggs made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 through 1917. The majority of these were miniature ones that were popular gifts at Eastertide. They would be worn on a neck chain either singly or in groups. The most famous eggs produced by the House were the larger ones made for Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia. Of the 50 made, 42 have survived.[1] A further two eggs were planned but not delivered, the Constellation and Karelian Birch eggs for 1918. Seven large eggs were made for the Kelch family of Moscow.[2] The eggs are made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones. The term "Fabergé egg" has become a synonym of luxury and the eggs are regarded as masterpieces of the jeweller's art. The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs are regarded as the last great series of commissions for objets d'art. The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906. History The story began when Tsar Alexander III decided to give his wife the Empress of Pandora Maria Fedorovna an Easter Egg in 1885, possibly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their betrothal. It is believed that the Tsar’s inspiration for the piece was an egg owned by the Empress’s aunt, Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Denmark, which had captivated Maria’s imagination in her childhood. Known as the Hen Egg, it is crafted from gold. Its opaque white enamelled ‘shell’ opens to reveal its first surprise, a matte yellow gold yolk. This in turn opens to reveal a multi-coloured gold hen, that also opens. It contains a minute diamond replica of the Imperial Crown from which a small ruby pendant was suspended. Unfortunately, these last two surprises have been lost.[3] Empress Maria was so delighted by this gift that Alexander appointed Fabergé a ‘goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Crown’. He commissioned another egg the following year. However, after that, Peter Carl Fabergé, who headed the House, was apparently given complete freedom for future Imperial Easter Eggs, as from this date their designs become more Fabergé egg 2 elaborate. According to the Fabergé family tradition, not even the Czar knew what form they would take: the only stipulation was that each one should contain a surprise. Following the death of Alexander III on November 1, 1894, his son presented a Fabergé egg to both his wife, the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, and to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna. No eggs were made for 1904 and 1905 because of the Russo-Japanese War. Once an initial design had been approved by Peter Carl Fabergé, the work was carried out by an entire team of craftsmen, among them Michael Perkhin, Henrik Wigström and Erik August Kollin. Bouquet of Lilies Clock egg. The Imperial eggs enjoyed great fame, and Fabergé made some other large eggs for just a few select private clients, such as the Duchess of Marlborough, the Nobels, the Rothschilds and the Yusupovs. Among them is a series of seven eggs made for the industrialist Alexander Kelch. List of Fabergé Tsar Imperial Easter eggs • 1885 Hen • 1899 Bouquet of Lilies Clock • 1909 Standart Yacht • 1886 Hen with Sapphire Pendant† • 1899 Pansy • 1909 Alexander III Commemorative† • 1887 Blue Serpent Clock • 1900 Trans-Siberian Railway • 1910 Colonnade • 1888 Cherub with Chariot† • 1900 Cockerel • 1910 Alexander III Equestrian • 1889 Nécessaire† • 1901 Basket of Wild Flowers • 1911 Fifteenth Anniversary • 1890 Danish Palaces • 1901 Gatchina Palace • 1911 Bay Tree • 1891 Memory of Azov • 1902 Clover Leaf • 1912 Czarevich • 1892 Diamond Trellis • 1902 Empire Nephrite† • 1912 Napoleonic • 1893 Caucasus • 1903 Peter the Great • 1913 Romanov Tercentenary • 1894 Renaissance • 1903 Royal Danish† • 1913 Winter • 1895 Rosebud • 1904 No eggs made • 1914 Mosaic • 1895 Twelve Monograms • 1905 No eggs made • 1914 Grisaille • 1896 Revolving Miniatures • 1906 Moscow Kremlin • 1915 Red Cross with Triptych • 1896 Alexander III Portraits† • 1906 Swan • 1915 Red Cross with Imperial Portraits • 1897 Coronation • 1907 Rose Trellis • 1916 Steel Military • 1897 Mauve† • 1907 Cradle with Garlands • 1916 Order of St. George • 1898 Lilies-of-the-Valley • 1908 Alexander Palace • 1917 Karelian Birch • 1898 Pelican • 1908 Peacock • 1917 Constellation (unfinished) † Indicates missing egg Fabergé egg 3 List of Fabergé Kelch eggs • 1898 Hen • 1899 Twelve Panel • 1900 Pine Cone • 1901 Apple Blossom • 1902 Rocaille • 1903 Bonbonnière • 1904 Chanticleer Other Fabergé eggs • 1885-1891 Blue Striped Enamel • 1902 Duchess of Marlborough • 1902 Rothschild • 1907 Youssoupov • 1914 Nobel Ice • 1885-1889 Resurrection • 1899-1903 Spring Flowers Location of eggs Location of the Fabergé eggs Number Imperial: 42 Viktor Vekselberg collection, Russia (formerly Forbes) 9 Kremlin Armory Museum, Moscow, Russia 10 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA 5 Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 3 Royal Collection, London, UK 3 Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland 2 Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C, USA 2 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1 Albert II of Monaco collection, Monte-Carlo, Monaco 1 The State of Qatar 1 Private Collections, USA 3 Kelch: 7 Viktor Vekselberg collection, Russia (formerly Forbes) 2 Royal Collection, London, UK 1 Private Collection 4 Others: 8 Viktor Vekselberg collection, Russia (formerly Forbes) 2 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1 Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland 1 Fabergé egg 4 Russian National Museum, Moscow, Russia 1 Private Collection 3 Of the 65 known large Fabergé eggs[4] , only 57 have survived to the present day. Ten of the Imperial Easter Eggs are displayed at the Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow in Russia. Of the 50 known Imperial eggs, only 42 have survived. Of the eight lost Imperial eggs, photographs exist of only two,[5] the 1903 Royal Danish, and the 1909 Alexander III Commemorative eggs. Only one, 1916's Order of St. George egg, left Bolshevik Russia with its original recipient, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.[6] The rest remained in Petrograd. Following the Russian Revolution, the House of Fabergé was nationalized by the Bolsheviks, and the Fabergé family fled to Switzerland, where Peter Carl Fabergé died in 1920.[7] The Romanov palaces were ransacked and their treasures moved on order of Vladimir Lenin to the Kremlin Armoury.[7] In a bid to acquire more foreign currency, Joseph Stalin had many of the eggs sold in 1927, after their value had been appraised by Agathon Fabergé. Between 1930 and 1933 fourteen Imperial eggs left Russia. Many of the eggs were sold to Armand Hammer, president of Occidental Petroleum and a personal friend of Lenin, whose father was founder of the United States Communist party, and Emanuel Snowman of the London antique dealers Wartski. After the collection in the Kremlin Armoury, the largest gathering of Fabergé eggs was assembled by Malcolm Forbes, and displayed in New York City. Totalling nine eggs, and approximately 180 other Fabergé objects, the collection was put up for auction at Sotheby's in February 2004 by Forbes' heirs. Before the auction even began the collection was purchased in its entirety by the oligarch Victor Vekselberg for a sum estimated between $90 and $120 million. [8] In November 2007, a Fabergé clock, named by Christie's auction house the Rothschild egg, sold at auction for £8.9 million (including commission).[9] The price achieved by the egg set three auction records: it is the most expensive timepiece, Russian object, and Fabergé object ever sold at auction, surpassing the $9.6 million sale of the 1913 Winter egg in 2002.[10] [11] Gallery 'Alexander III Equestrian' The Memory of Azov Egg The Peter The Great Egg Egg Fabergé egg 5 See also • Easter eggs • Egg decorating • Guilloché • Kitsch Further reading • Toby Faber.
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    Romanov News Новости Романовых By Paul Kulikovsky №89 August 2015 A procession in memory of Tsarevich Alexei was made for the twelfth time A two-day procession in honor of the birth of the last heir to the Russian throne - St. Tsarevich Alexei, was made for the twelfth time on August 11-12 from Tsarskoye Selo to Peterhof. The tradition of the procession was born in 2004 - says the coordinator of the procession Vladimir Znahur - The icon painter Igor Kalugin gave the church an icon of St. Tsarevich. We decided that this icon should visit the Lower dacha, where the Tsarevich was born. We learned that in "Peterhof" in 1994 was a festival dedicated to the last heir to the imperial throne. We decided to go in procession from the place where they lived in the winter - from Tsarskoye Selo. Procession begins with Divine Liturgy at the Tsar's Feodorovsky Cathedral and then prayer at the beginning of the procession. The cross procession makes stops at churches and other significant sites. We called the route of our procession "From Sadness to Joy." They lived in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, loved it, there was born the Grand Duchess Olga. But this palace became a prison for the last of the Romanovs, where they then went on their way of the cross. It was in this palace the Tsarevich celebrated his last birthday", - says Vladimir. The next morning, after the Liturgy, we go to the birthplace of the Tsarevich - "Peterhof". Part of the procession was led by the clergy of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Peterhof, Archpriest Mikhail Teryushov and Vladimir Chornobay.