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Closed Edition
Tercentenary Egg
The crystal Egg is mouth-blown and hand-engraved with images of the nine major palaces of St Petersburg. Alongside each palace appears the profile of the Tsar or Tsarina with whom it is most associated.
Atop the Egg stands the triple-headed eagle in token of the finial on Peterhof Palace. The fluted gold and silver base is set on a hand-sculpted foot of the rare marble 'serpentino fantastico' to match the frontage of Carl Fabergé's St Petersburg emporium. Open the Egg to reveal the surprise; Peter the Great, founder of St Petersburg, modelled astride his magnificent horse and set on a guilloche base.
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Engravings
Peterhof Grand Palace - Peter the Great
Catherine the Great's Palace, Tsarskoye Selo - Elizabeth
Chinese Palace, Lomonosov - Catherine II
Grand Palace, Pavlosk - Paul I
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo - Alexander I
Cottage Palace, Peterhof - Nicolas I
Private Summer Palace Residence - Alexander II
Gatchina Palace - Alexander III
Winter Palace - Nicolas II
Very Limited Edition 15 [few numbers still available]
Height approximately 12 inches
For press coverage of the Tercentenary Egg
during St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary celebrations
Please click here for St. Petersburg Times
Or here for Moscow Times
Gallery Collection retails from $48,000 to $59,000 inquire for price of creation