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The 1913 Winter egg is one of a series of fifty Russian jeweled Easter eggs and was designed by Alma Pihl ,the designer who worked for Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in 1913 for Tsar Nicholas II as an Easter gift for the Tzar's mother, Tsaritsa Maria Fyodorovna.
Craftsmanship
The exterior of the egg is studded with 1,660 diamonds , and made from quartz, platinum, and orthoclase . The miniature surprise basket is studded with 1,378 diamonds and is made from platinum and gold, while the flowers are made of white quartz and the leaves are made of demantoid . The flowers lay in gold moss.