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Source Description
On April 22, 1907, Tsar Nicholas II presented this egg to his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, to commemorate the birth of the tsarevich, Alexei Nicholaievich, three years earlier. Because of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, no Imperial Easter eggs had been produced for two years. The egg contained as a surprise a diamond necklace and an ivory miniature portrait of the tsarevich framed in diamonds (now lost). Fabergé's invoice, dated April 21, 1907, listed the egg at 8,300 rubles.
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Document identity
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31663
label
Rose Trellis Egg
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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31663
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Rose Trellis Egg
description
On April 22, 1907, Tsar Nicholas II presented this egg to his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, to commemorate the birth of the tsarevich, Alexei Nicholaievich, three years earlier. Because of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, no Imperial Easter eggs had been produced for two years. The egg contained as a surprise a diamond necklace and an ivory miniature portrait of the tsarevich framed in diamonds (now lost). Fabergé's invoice, dated April 21, 1907, listed the egg at 8,300 rubles.
provenance
Tsar Nicholas II, Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg, April 21, 1907, by purchase; Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna, Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg, April 22, 1907, by gift; Kremlin Armory, 1917 [transferred by the Kerensky government from the palace to the armory]; Alexandre Polovtsoff, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1907
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Enamels
eggs
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12
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import
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cm
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7.7
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5.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/16 x W: 2 5/16 in. (7.7 x 5.9 cm)
Source extras
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gold, enamel, diamonds
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1921
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EAN
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384
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