Fabergé egg

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decorative art object jeweled egg luxury object

A Fabergé egg is an ornate jeweled egg created by the House of Fabergé, famed for its intricate craftsmanship and association with the Russian imperial family.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Fabergé eggs 1
Imperial Fabergé egg 1
Kelch Fabergé egg 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decorative art object ⓘ
jeweled egg ⓘ
luxury object ⓘ
associatedWith House of Romanov ⓘ
surface form: Russian imperial family
collectionType museum collection object ⓘ
commissionedBy House of Romanov ⓘ
surface form: Russian imperial court
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
creator House of Fabergé ⓘ
culturalSignificance icon of luxury craftsmanship ⓘ
symbol of imperial Russia ⓘ
designedBy Peter Carl Fabergé ⓘ
endOfProduction 1917 ⓘ
genre Easter art ⓘ
hasPart decorative stand ⓘ
hinged shell ⓘ
miniature surprise ⓘ
hasVariant Fabergé egg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Fabergé egg

Fabergé egg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kelch Fabergé egg

other non-imperial Fabergé eggs ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
influenced modern luxury jewelry design ⓘ
materialUsed diamonds ⓘ
emeralds ⓘ
enamel ⓘ
gold ⓘ
platinum ⓘ
rubies ⓘ
sapphires ⓘ
silver ⓘ
notableFor intricate craftsmanship ⓘ
use of gemstones ⓘ
use of precious metals ⓘ
numberOfImperialEggs about 50 GENERATED ⓘ
presentInCollection Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
Hermitage Museum GENERATED ⓘ
Kremlin Armoury ⓘ
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ⓘ
producedFor Alexander III of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Alexander III of Russia

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
productionStartTime 1885 ⓘ
reasonForEndOfProduction Russian Revolution ⓘ
style Art Nouveau ⓘ
Russian Revival ⓘ
subjectOf art historical research ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ
typicalShape egg ⓘ
use Easter gift ⓘ
collectible ⓘ
status symbol ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter egg → hasVariant → Fabergé egg ⓘ
Fabergé egg → hasVariant → Fabergé egg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Fabergé egg
Fabergé egg → hasVariant → Fabergé egg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kelch Fabergé egg
Armoury Chamber → houses → Fabergé egg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fabergé eggs