As many as 69 Czarist Russia Era eggs were created, of which 61 are currently known to have survived. One egg known as the Karelian Birch Egg, has confirmed sketches but is not confirmed to have actually been made, and the other, the Blue Tsesarevich Constellation Egg, only partially completed due to the Russian Revolution of Petersburg Collection. Petersburg, Russia.
Records have shown that of the 50 imperial Easter eggs, 20 were given to the former and 30 to the latter. Eggs were made each year except and , during the Russo-Japanese War. The imperial eggs enjoyed great fame. Below is a chronology of the 52 eggs made for the imperial family.
The dating of the eggs has evolved. The discovery of the previously lost Third Imperial Easter Egg confirms the chronology below. Faberge was also commissioned to make eggs for Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch , a Siberian gold mine industrialist, as gifts for his wife Barbara Varvara Kelch-Bazanova. Most are copies of other eggs. Between and , 14 imperial eggs left Russia. However, before the auction began, the collection was purchased in its entirety by the oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
Featured in exhibitions, films, TV series, documentaries, cartoons, publications, and the news, they continue to intrigue. They have become symbols of the splendor, power and wealth of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Empire , priceless treasures to hunt, steal, etc.
As such, they have been part of the plot in several films and television series, including Octopussy , Mr. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Valuable jewelled egg from Russia. History [ edit ]. List of eggs [ edit ]. List of the Kelch eggs [ edit ]. Location of eggs [ edit ].
