EGG
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The brown agate egg is hinged and opens in two. It is mounted in two-color gold rococo scrolls in the manner of the 18th century goldsmiths of France and England.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- brown agate -- gold
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1903
- Size:
- 8.3 x 5.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.72
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside: kokoshnik facing left, Faberge, M.P in Cyrillic for Mikhail Perkhin
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973