Mauve (Fabergé egg)

Mauve Fabergé egg
Mauve Fabergé egg
Year delivered	1897
Customer	Nicholas II
Recipient	Maria Feodorovna
Current owner
Individual or institution	Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia (surprise only)
Year of acquisition	2004
Design and materials
Materials used	Rose-cut diamonds, strawberry red, green and white enamel, pearls and watercolor on ivory
Height	8.2 cm
Surprise	A heart shaped photo frame

The Mauve egg is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1897, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on April 18, 1897.^{[citation needed]}

One of six eggs which are currently lost, Fabergé billed Nicholas II for the egg, described as a "mauve enamel egg, with 3 miniatures" on May 17, 1897 for 3,250 rubles.^[1]^[2]

Surprise

The surprise is a heart shaped photo frame that opened as a three-leaf clover with each leaf containing three miniature portraits of Nicholas II, his wife, the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, and their first child, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. It was made of rose-cut diamonds, strawberry red, green and white enamel, pearls and watercolour on ivory.^[1] The surprise is now on display in the Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

References

^ ^a ^b "Faberge — Treasures of Imperial Russia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.
^ (PDF) Fabergé: The Imperial “Empire” Egg of 1902. New York, 2017. | Dmitry Krivoshey, Valentin Skurlov, and Nicholas B.A. Nicholson - Academia.edu

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Description at wintraecken.nl

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[TreasuresofImperialRussia-1] "Faberge — Treasures of Imperial Russia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.

[2] (PDF) Fabergé: The Imperial “Empire” Egg of 1902. New York, 2017. | Dmitry Krivoshey, Valentin Skurlov, and Nicholas B.A. Nicholson - Academia.edu

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v t e Fabergé eggs
Imperial Easter eggs (1885–1917)	First Hen also known as Jeweled Hen Hen with Sapphire Pendant also known as Egg with Hen in Basket Third Imperial Cherub with Chariot also known as Angel with Egg in Chariot Nécessaire Danish Palaces Memory of Azov Diamond Trellis Caucasus Renaissance Rosebud Blue Serpent Clock Twelve Monograms also known as Alexander III Portraits Rock Crystal also known as Revolving Miniatures Imperial Coronation Mauve Lilies-of-the-Valley Pelican also known as Dowager Bouquet of Lilies Clock also known as Madonna Lily Clock Pansy also known as Spinach Jade Trans-Siberian Railway Cockerel also known as Cuckoo Clock Basket of Flowers Gatchina Palace Clover Leaf Empire Nephrite Peter the Great Royal Danish also known as Danish Jubilee Moscow Kremlin also known as Uspenski Cathedral Swan Rose Trellis Cradle with Garlands also known as Love Trophies Alexander Palace Peacock Standart Yacht Alexander III Commemorative Colonnade Alexander III Equestrian Fifteenth Anniversary Bay Tree also known as Orange Tree Tsarevich Napoleonic Romanov Tercentenary Winter Mosaic Catherine the Great also known as Grisaille or Pink Cameo Red Cross with Triptych Red Cross with Imperial Portraits Steel Military Order of St. George Karelian Birch Constellation
Kelch eggs (1898–1904)	Hen Twelve Panel Pine Cone Apple Blossom also known as Jade Chest Rocaille Bonbonnière Chanticleer
Other Fabergé eggs	Blue Striped Enamel [ru] Clock [hy] Duchess of Marlborough also known as Pink Serpent Gorbachev Peace Lapis Lazuli Nobel's Ice Egg Resurrection Rose Quartz Rothschild Scandinavian also known as Quisling Spring Flowers Twilight [ru] Youssoupov [ru]
Fabergé workmasters	August Wilhelm Holmström Michael Perkhin Alma Pihl Henrik Wigström Victor Mayer
Related	Peter Carl Fabergé House of Fabergé Fabergé Museum (Baden-Baden) Fabergé Museum (Saint Petersburg)

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