Christie’s is offering “The Winter Egg” of 1913, carved out of fragile rock crystal for the Romanovs, for more than £20mn ...
A Faberge egg commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 is estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction. The Winter Egg, which was commissioned by the emperor as an Easter gift for his ...
When the latter-day Romanov emperors wanted to impress the beloved women in their lives, they gifted Fabergé eggs. Between 1885 and the eve of the Russian Revolution in 1916, Alexander III and his son ...
For the imperial families at the helm of Russia’s empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, even Easter eggs were sometimes made of diamonds. Between 1885 and 1916, the luxury jewelry firm ...
Ice is forecast at Christie’s London this winter. A collection of diamond-encrusted Fabergé collectibles, including one incredible rarity known as the Winter Egg, will go under the gavel at the ...