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The Imperial Easter egg, says «At Pelican «, created in 1897 in pink gold, has at its peak this iconic bird of the Empress Dowager, symbol of maternal sacrifice.
The Imperial Easter egg, known as «Peter the Great» offered by Tsar Nicolas II to his wife Alexandra in 1903 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Saint Petersburg is an example of a prodigious work in its different shades of gold.
The Imperial Easter egg, known as «The Tsarevich,» 1912, contains six sections of lapis lazuli decorated with gold and contains a portrait of the Tsarevich Alexis
at 8 years, painted on ivory, diamond-studded.
The more streamlined of this collection on a white enamel background, the Imperial Easter egg, known as «the Red Cross,» is a gift from Nicolas II to his mother for her involvement in the Red Cross during the World War II.
The exhibition of Montreal reveals the creative genius of Carl Fabergé, his expressive talent and also his commercial ability to attract wealthy collectors.
This great tribute to the history of the traditions of Russian Orthodoxy recalls a bygone era now but remains the inspiration
of this exceptional jewelry.
Fabulous Fabergé, jeweler of the Tsars. MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTREAL
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