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The Danish Palace Egg.
Made in 1890 in St. Petersburg, Russia this egg was presented by Czar
Alexander III to his wife, the Empress Maria Feodorovna, Easter, 1890.
The original egg is a mauve opalescent guilloché enamel ground
over equilateral crosses and worked with green and rose gold, rose-cut
diamonds, a star sapphire and several emeralds. It consists of twelve
panels which are divided by borders of laurel leaves set with gemstones.
Our reproduction is porcelain worked with gold plated sterling silver
and Austrian crystals. The original egg stood on a tripod of heavy
gold wire. Our egg sits on a gold metal base, attached to the egg.
The surprise is a 4 panel screen formed of small picture frames which
are usable. The original Egg held paintings on porcelain of Danish
Palaces that the Empress had lived in as a girl as well as the Imperial
Russian yachts she so enjoyed, all on a 10 panel screen formed of frames.The
original Egg was sold in 1930 by the then Russian government for 1500
rubles. The fortunate purchasers were Armand Hammer and his brother
who then resold the Egg Ultimately, that same year, Mathilda Geddings
Gray purchased it and today it is in the Mathilda Geddings Gray Collection
at The New Orleans Museum of Art. Retail: $2000.00. Our price: $1799.90.
NOTE: I understand that
the most recent sale of an original Imperial Fabergé Egg brought
$9,000,000.00. |
