Impossible to miss this egg! Extraordinary gift both for fonds of the decorative jewelery and bijouterie or interested in the Russian history!
The beautiful eggs, crafted by hand in the style invented by Carl Faberge, the famous jeweler of the Russian Tsars feature small golden monument *The Bronze Horseman*! Hand-enameled by skilled jewelers, these shining eggs capture the splendor and glamour of the Imperial family.
The monument was built by order of the Empress Catherine the Great as a tribute to her famous predecessor on the Russian throne, Peter the Great. Being a German princess by birth, she was eager to establish a line of continuity with the earlier Russian monarchs. For that reason an inscription on the monument reads in Latin and Russian: Petro Primo Catarina Secunda - To Peter the First from Catherine the Second.
This equestrian statue of Peter the Great, created by the famous French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet, depicts the most prominent reformer of the Russia state as a Roman hero. The pedestal is made of a single piece of red granite molded into the shape of a cliff. From the top of this "cliff" Peter gallantly leads Russia forward, while his horse steps on a snake, which represents the enemies of Peter and his reforms.
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