Faberge Imperial Peter The Great Egg Decorative Accessories at BSL Home of Beverly Hills

Imperial Peter The Great Egg

It was Easter 1903 and Tsar Nicholas' gift to the Tsarina Alexandra was this lavish rococo celebration of Peter the Great, who founded the City of St. Petersburg 200 years before, and of Tsar Nicholas himself, for political and economic achievements during his reign.
The Egg is done in a heavily embellished, almost sculptured style, with sheaves of bulrushes representing the bogs and marshes upon which St. Petersburg was built, and roses and laurel leaves, the symbols of triumph and pride in Russia. There are four miniatures, each mounted on one side of the Egg.