The "Alexander III Commemorative Egg" of 1910. The rock crystal egg engraved with
two tied laurel leaf sprays, the upper half applied with platinum trelliswork
and a tasseled fringe, two consoles shaped as crowned double-headed eagles set
with rose-cut diamonds, with a diamond as finial concealing the date 1910 in a
rose-cut diamond surround. Standing on a lobed and stepped quatrefoil rock crystal
base and four winged platinum therms, each ending in an acanthus scroll. Containing
a gold model of a statue of Tsar Alexander III after P. Troubetzkoi standing on
a nephrite base embellished with two rose-cut diamond bands - engraved signature
Fabergé, height 6 11/8 inches (15.5. cm)
Provenance: Presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his mother Dowager Empress Maria
Feodorovna, Easter 1910
