Hen Egg

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The Hen Egg is a jeweled Imperial Fabergé egg, renowned as one of the earliest and most iconic examples of the luxurious Easter eggs crafted for the Russian royal family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Fabergé egg
jeweled egg
work of art
artMovement decorative arts
associatedWith Easter NERFINISHED
Russian court culture
city St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
collection Imperial Fabergé eggs NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Alexander III of Russia NERFINISHED
commissionedForOccasion Easter 1885
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
creator Peter Carl Fabergé NERFINISHED
culturalHeritage Russian imperial treasure NERFINISHED
currentLocation Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
depicts hen
designedFor Russian imperial family NERFINISHED
dimension small decorative egg
genre luxury object
hasColor golden (hen)
white (outer shell)
yellow (yolk)
hasPart golden yolk
miniature crown (lost)
miniature hen
miniature ruby pendant (lost)
outer white enamel shell
historicalPeriod late 19th century
inception 1885
madeFor Empress consort of Russia
manufacturer House of Fabergé NERFINISHED
materialUsed enamel
gold
precious stones
notableFeature contains multiple nested surprises
miniature hen modeled in gold
white enamel exterior resembling a real egg
owner Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
presentedTo Maria Feodorovna NERFINISHED
relatedTo Imperial Coronation Egg NERFINISHED
Rosebud Egg
other Imperial Fabergé eggs
significance first Imperial Fabergé egg
one of the earliest Fabergé eggs
prototype for later Imperial eggs
style Russian Revival NERFINISHED
subjectOf Fabergé scholarship
use Easter gift

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