Faberge Imperial Basket of Wild Flowers Egg BRAND NEW

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Faberge Imperial Basket of Wild Flowers Egg BRAND NEW :
$3500.00

Imperial Wild Flower Egg, Faberge (brand new)This exquisite egg is designed as a basket that contains an abundant and colorful bouquet of enameled wild flowers, complete with leaves and moss of gold.
The white and blue egg is decorated with an elaborate trellis design accented with hand-cut Austrian crystals.
The vase bears the date 1901, the year Czar Nicholas II presented the egg to Czarina Alexandra Fedorovna.
Today, the Imperial Basket of Wild Flowers Egg is part of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection.
Height 9”Comes in blue velvet Faberge gift box.bit of a history:

In 1885, The Tsar Alexander III commissioned Fabergé todesign a simple matte white enamel egg for his wife Maria Fedorovna.
The Imperial Hen Egg is enameled in opaquewhite, and polished to give the effect of an eggshell.
The shell concealed a removable surprise ofmatte yellow, gold yolk. Inside the yolk sits a plump golden hen.

The Tsarina was so delighted with this elegant Easter gift,that a family tradition was born.
Fabergé was now called upon to design an eggevery year, and every each of them contained its own special surprise.
At first, the Tsar dictated the design of theegg. He would monitor its progress fromstart to finish.
But eventually, in anextraordinary gesture, he gave Fabergé complete creative freedom – no questionsasked.
As the ritual continued, therelationship between the Tsar and Fabergé became more familiar. The eggs were now hand-delivered tothe palace by Fabergé himself on each Easter morning.