Russian Enamel Swan Trinket Jewel Box Egg
After Faberge's 1906 Swan Trinket Box Egg, Russian enamel & gilt over pewter, with embedded Austrian crystals. The replica egg lifts off the gilt stand & opens at center, with magnetic closure, to reveal a tiny interior trinket box, adorned with a swan on top, for storing trinkets or jewels. 4" H egg ( 6" H with stand, 3" D. Comes with gift box. History of the original Swan Egg - The Swan Egg was ordered in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II, and presented to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on Easter that year for her 40th wedding anniversary. It was made of mauve enamel, with gold trim. On the exterior, a twisted ribbon trellis design of rose-cut diamonds, as well as a portrait diamond on the top inscribed - 1906. Another portrait diamond on the other end once held the Imperial monograph. The surprise that came inside the egg was a miniature gold and silver swan on a lake of aquamarine.
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After Faberge's 1906 Swan Trinket Box Egg, Russian enamel & gilt over pewter, with embedded Austrian crystals. The replica egg lifts off the gilt stand & opens at center, with magnetic closure, to reveal a tiny interior trinket box, adorned with a swan on top, for storing trinkets or jewels. 4" H egg ( 6" H with stand, 3" D. Comes with gift box. History of the original Swan Egg - The Swan Egg was ordered in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II, and presented to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on Easter that year for her 40th wedding anniversary. It was made of mauve enamel, with gold trim. On the exterior, a twisted ribbon trellis design of rose-cut diamonds, as well as a portrait diamond on the top inscribed - 1906. Another portrait diamond on the other end once held the Imperial monograph. The surprise that came inside the egg was a miniature gold and silver swan on a lake of aquamarine.
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