This extraordinary egg is lovely reminiscent of the exquisite Faberge Caucaus egg. This Egg is decorated with 1983 numbers on tops of hinged covers and portraits behind them. Gilding, colored enamel.
The History of the Caucasus egg.
When Nicholas' younger brother, Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich, was stricken with tuberculosis, he took up residence in the Imperial hunting lodge at Abastuman for his health. The Caucasus egg (1893) is decorated with four ivory miniatures showing views of the lodge. Behind the hinged cover at the top of the egg is a portrait of the Grand Duke in his naval uniform.
The Faberge eggs began in 1884 with an Easter egg made by the brilliant Russian jeweller Faberge for the Russian tsar Alexander III that became a gift for his wife. Then Nicholas II, Alexander son and last Russian Emperor continued the tradition.
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