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    Re: Glittering Faberge Imperial Eggs Archived Message

    Posted by Pia on August 4, 2015, 1:57 am, in reply to "Glittering Faberge Imperial Eggs"

    Lovely photos - thank you very much for sharing. Love the Fabergé eggs.

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    : Last week, I had the chance to visit the
    : "Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars"
    : exhibit that is showing at the Oklahoma City
    : Museum of Art. I did not take that many
    : photos, thinking that the museum gift shop
    : would have a book about the exhibit that I
    : could purchase. Strangely, they didn't...I
    : was very disappointed!
    :
    : The exhibit features four Imperial Easter
    : Eggs, plus many Faberge picture frames,
    : carved animals, cigarette and snuff cases.
    : They are on loan from the Virginia Museum of
    : Art. If you have the opportunity to travel
    : to Oklahoma City, I highly recommend you
    : block off about two hours to see the
    : exhibit. It runs until September.
    :
    :
    :
    : The first egg you see in the exhibit is the
    : "Pelican Egg". At first, I was
    : disappointed that the egg did not have the
    : "surprise" with it, but then I
    : learned that the egg itself is the surprise
    : as it is actually a series of pictures on
    : hinges that open up from the egg itself and
    : then will fold back to the egg shape.
    :
    :
    :
    : The Pelican Egg was presented by Nicholas II
    : to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria
    : Feodorovna on Easter 1898. It was made of
    : red gold and the pelican on top features
    : diamonds.
    :
    : The next egg was the Peter the Great Egg.
    :
    :
    :
    : This egg was made in 1903 and was presented
    : to Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna. It was a
    : little bit bigger than the Pelican Egg and
    : is also much more elaborate in design.
    :
    :
    :
    : The surprise is a miniature of the Peter the
    : Great statue in St. Petersburg.
    :
    :
    :
    : The third egg was my favorite. It is the
    : Tsarevich Egg. It is amazing! It's made
    : out of several different sections of lapis
    : lazuli, but it looks like it is just carved
    : out of one larger piece. You can really see
    : the amazing craftsmanship on this piece.
    :
    :
    :
    : It was created in 1912 for Empress Alexandra
    : Fyodorovna. The surprise (which I was
    : amazed that it somehow fits in the egg) is
    : just beautiful.
    :
    :
    :
    : It features a double sided portrait of
    : Alexi, along with lots of diamonds. The
    : picture does not do justice to the amount of
    : glitter and sparkle the surprise has!
    :
    :
    :
    : The last egg was the Imperial Red Cross with
    : Portraits.
    :
    :
    : It was presented to the Dowager Empress in
    : 1915, during the Great War. Because of that,
    : the design is not nearly elaborate as some
    : of the other eggs, but it was still
    : impressive.
    :
    : The surprise is a series of portraits of
    : Imperial ladies who had connections with the
    : Red Cross.
    :
    :
    :
    : Also in this room were many Faberge picture
    : frames, many with the original images in
    : them. Unfortunately, the display
    : information focused on the materials used in
    : the frames (gold, silver, diamond,
    : sapphires, etc...) and failed to identify
    : who was in the picture. I had a very hard
    : time trying to remember which Grand Duchess
    : was which, so identification on the display
    : would have helped my foggy memory. I was so
    : focused on viewing all the images that I
    : didn't take any pictures of the frames.
    :
    : I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
    :


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