Year delivered 1897 Height 8.2 cm | Year of acquisition 2004 Artist Peter Carl Fabergé | |
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Customer Nicholas II, presented to Maria Feodorovna Individual or institution Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia Materials used Rose-cut diamonds, strawberry red, green and white enamel, pearls and watercolor on ivory | ||
The Mauve egg is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1898, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on April 18, 1897.
One of seven 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.
Surprise
The surprise, 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.