A FabergÃÆ'  © egg (Russian: ???? ???????? , yaytsa faberzhe ) is a gem egg (probably numbering 69, of which 57 survive today) created by the House of Fabergà © ©, in St. Petersburg, the Russian Empire. Almost all produced under the supervision of Peter Carl FabergÃÆ' © between 1885 and 1917, the most famous were 50 "Imperial" eggs, 43 of whom survived, made for the Russian Tsar Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter prizes for wives and mothers.
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History
The first FabergÃÆ'Â © egg was made for Tsar Alexander III, who had decided to give his wife, Queen Maria Fedorovna, Easter eggs in 1885, likely to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their engagement. Although there is no official record of the Tsar's inspiration for it, many believe that he is moved by an egg owned by the Queen's aunt, Princess of Danish Vilhelmine Marie, who has captivated Mary's imagination in her childhood and where the Tsar is well aware. Known as Hen Egg, the first FabergÃÆ'Â © egg is made from a golden foundation. The shell-white "shell" opens to reveal yellow-yellow eggs. It in turn opens up to reveal colorful golden chickens that are also open. The mains contained a one-time diamond replica of the imperial crown where the little ruby ​​pendant was postponed, but these last two elements have been lost.
Mary was delighted with the gift Alexander gave Fabergà © to a "goldsmith with a special appointment to the Imperial Crown" and commissioned another egg the following year. After that, Peter Carl Fabergà ©  © apparently given full freedom to design the future imperial Easter eggs, and their design becomes more complicated. According to the family of FabergÃÆ' ©, even the Tsar does not know what form they will take - the only requirement is that each contains a surprise, and that each is unique. After FabergÃÆ' © had approved the initial design, the work was done by a team of artisans, among them Michael Perkhin, Henrik WigstrÃÆ'¶m and Erik August Kollin.
After the death of Alexander III on November 1, 1894, his son, Nicholas II, gave FabergÃÆ'Â © to his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, and his mother, Empress Dowager Maria Fedorovna. Records have shown that of 50 imperial Easter eggs, 20 are given to the first and 30 for the latter. Eggs are made every year except for 1904 and 1905, during the Russian-Japanese War.
The imperial eggs enjoyed great fame, and FabergÃÆ'ÂÂ © was commissioned to make the same eggs for several private clients, including the Duchess of Marlborough, the Rothschild family and Yusupovs. FabergÃÆ'Â © also was commissioned to make twelve eggs for industrialist Alexander Kelch, though only seven seem to have been completed.
After the revolution and nationalization of Fabergà © workshops in St. Petersburg. Petersburg by bolshevik in 1918, the family Fabergà © left Russia. The trademark FabergÃÆ' © has since been sold several times and some companies have been trading egg-related goods under the name of FabergÃÆ' ©. The Victor Mayer jewelry company produced limited heirloom quality FabergÃÆ'  © the official egg under license Unilever 1998-2009. The trademark is now owned by FabergÃÆ'  © Limited, which makes egg-themed jewelry.
By 2015 the owner of this trademark announces the creation of a new "FabergÃÆ'Â ©" egg, which is laid out by them as belonging to the "Imperial Class" egg and therefore the first Imperial-Class egg in 100 years: Egg FabergÃÆ' Â © Pearl will be sold in Qatar after a five day exhibition some time in 2017. A spokeswoman for the brand said they hoped the egg would earn at least two million US dollars, possibly much more. Despite its name as "Empire", it has no connection with the Russian Empire and vice versa has become very close to the rich Arab ruling families of various Gulf States. The motif has been described as "toothed," but the pattern of the curves and lines are also clearly derived from the girih and arabesque interlacing patterns of Islam, and each of the six vertical segments including a tapered dome of stylish and associated pendants is reminiscent of the onion dome and the Arabian mosque ceiling.
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List of eggs
List of FabergÃÆ' Â © imperial Easter egg
Below is an egg chronology made for imperial families. The egg calendar has evolved over time. An earlier chronology dated the Blue Snake Egg Hours until 1887 and identified the 1895 egg as the Twelve Monogram Egg. The discovery of the Third Easter Imperial Egg that has been lost confirms the chronology below.
List of Kelch eggs
Faberge was also commissioned to make twelve eggs for Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch, a Siberian gold mine businessman, as a gift for his wife, Barbara (Varvara) Kelch-Bazanova. Although it is still "Fabergà ©  © egg" because it has been produced by his workshop, this egg is not as complex as the imperial eggs, and is not unique in design. Most copies of other eggs.
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Egg location
Of the 65 known eggs of FabergÃÆ'Â ©, 57 have survived to this day. Ten of the imperial Easter eggs are displayed at the Moscow Armory Kremlin Museum. Of the 50 known emperor eggs, 43 survived, and there were photographs of three of the seven missing eggs: Danish Egg 1903, 1909 Alexander III Eggs, and Egg Eggs of 1889. The Third Empire was lost earlier The Easter Egg of 1887 has since found in the US and purchased by Wartski for a private collector.
After the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks nationalized the House of Fabergà ©, and the family FabergÃÆ'  © escaped to Switzerland, where Peter Carl FabergÃÆ' © died in 1920. The imperial family palace was searched and their property moved to the Armory Kremlin on the orders of Vladimir Lenin.
In an effort to earn more foreign currency, Joseph Stalin had many eggs sold in 1927, after their value had been assessed by Agathon Fabergà ©  ©. Between 1930 and 1933, 14 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 the founder of the United States Communist Party) and Emanuel Snowman of London antique dealer Wartski.
After the collection at Kremlin Armory, the largest collection of eggs FabergÃÆ' Â © assembled by Malcolm Forbes, and featured in New York City. A total of nine eggs, and about 180 other FabergÃÆ'§ objects, the collection had to be prepared for auction at Sotheby in February 2004 by Forbes heirs. However, before the auction begins, the collection is purchased as a whole by Victor Vekselberg in power. In the BBC Four 2013 documentary, Vekselberg revealed that he has spent over $ 100 million to buy nine eggs FabergÃÆ'Â ©. He claims he never put it in his home, saying that he bought it because they are important to Russian history and culture, and he believes that they are the best jewelry art in the world. In the same BBC documentary, Vekselberg revealed he plans to open a museum that will feature eggs in his collection, built as a private museum of the FabergÃÆ' Â © Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia on November 19, 2013.
In November 2007, the hour FabergÃÆ' ©, named after Christie's auction house, Egg Rothschild, was sold at an  £ 8.9 million (including commission) auction. The price reached by the eggs establishes three auction records: it is the most expensive timepiece, Russian object, and FabergÃÆ' © objects sold at auction, surpassing the $ 9.6 million sale of Winter Eggs in 1913 in 2002.
In 1989, as part of the San Diego Art Festival, 26 Faberge eggs were loaned for display at the San Diego Art Museum, the largest exhibition of Faberge eggs anywhere since the Russian Revolution. Eggs include eight from the Kremlin, nine from the Forbes collection, three from the New Orleans Art Museum, two from the Royal Collection one from the Cleveland Museum of Art and three from the private collection.
Location of empire egg
Kelch's egg location
Locations of other eggs
In popular culture
Faberge Egg has become a symbol of the splendor, strength and richness of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Empire, an invaluable treasure to hunt, steal, etc. As such, they have become part of the plot in several movies and television series, such as Octopussy (1983), Love Among Thieves (1987), Murder He Writes episode "An Egg to Die For" (1994), Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999), The Order (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Thick as a Thief (2009), American Dad! episode "A Jones for a Smith" (2010), The Intouchables (2011), Hustle > episode "Eat Yourself Slender" (2012), Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The House of the Nightmare Witch" (2012), Imperial Eight (2015), Hooten & amp; the Lady episode "Moscow" (2016), and black comedy Game Night (2018).
In Danielle Steele's "Zoya", Eggs Fabergà © Ã… is a memento of the last two members of the remaining noble family. The Lilies of the Valley egg is depicted in the episode of British crime drama, Peaky Blinders, season 3 episode 5 (2016). Digital card games Cabals: Magic & amp; Battle Cards displays FabergÃÆ'  © egg as a billable card.
See also
- An egg decorator
- GuillochÃÆ' Â ©
- Argyle Library Egg
Note
References
Further reading
- Faber, Tony (2008). Eggs Fabergà ©: The Extraordinary Story of a Masterpiece Exceeding the Empire . New York: Random House. ISBN: 978-1-4000-6550-9.
- Hill, Gerald (2007). FabergÃÆ'Â © and Russian Master Goldsmiths . New York: Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-9970-0.
External links
- Imperial Egg Chronology on the Research Site by Fabergà © © Christel Ludewig McCanless
- Empress Marie Feodorovna Missing FabergÃÆ' Â © Easter Egg, article by Annemiek Wintraecken and Christel Ludewing McCanless
- Playlist in FabergÃÆ'Â © eggs; documentaries, lectures, etc.
- Details about each Fabergà © Egg
- BYU articles on eggs
- The Site by Annemiek Wintraecken, details about each of the FabergÃÆ' Â © Eggs
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