Faberge Style Egg Jewellery Trinket Box "Duchess of Marlborough" musical

Product size h=20cm (original height 18cm) This product is a copy of a jewelry egg, one of the fifty-two imperial Easter eggs made by the company of Karl Faberge for the Russian imperial family. The original was made in 1895 and was the first of the imperial Faberge eggs presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. Its design was used by Faberge when creating the Duchess of Marlborough's Egg in 1902. It is currently owned by Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The jewelry maker who made the original Easter egg was Mikhail Perkhin, who worked in the firm of Karl Faberge (St. Petersburg). The egg rests on a gold stand decorated with patterns of opalescent white enamel. In the middle of the egg, covered with blue enamel, there is a rotating dial of matte white enamel with small diamonds on the edges, on which the numbers are marked with pink diamonds. A golden snake, encrusted with diamonds, wraps around the stand, connecting it with the egg, and rises to its middle. The golden tongue of a snake studded with diamonds indicates the current hour, displayed in Roman numerals on a rotating white panel. The egg is framed by garlands of roses, made of four shades of gold, fastened with bows of pink diamonds. The hammered gold handles end in an intricate geometric shape. The egg is topped with a diamond-studded pineapple. The base consists of three gold plates covered with white matte enamel. Two of them are decorated with gold trophies, symbolizing Science and War, the third-a basket with a bouquet of flowers. The theme of this egg may have been inspired by the urn-shaped clock that was fashionable during the reign of Louis XVI. In our product in the lower part there is a music box – music of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Apparently, Emperor Alexander III ordered an Easter egg from the Faberge company in 1894, but after his tragic death in 1894 ,the "Clock Egg with a Snake" was presented to the dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna by her son, Nicholas II on Easter 1895. The egg was kept in the Anichkov Palace until the revolution of 1917. Together with other jewelry, the "Egg-Watch with a Snake" was sent to the Kremlin Armory in mid-September 1917. In 1922, the egg was transferred to the Sovnarkom, where it was stored until it was sold abroad in 1927 to Michel Norman of the Australian Pearl company. In 1950, the egg was purchased by Emanuel Snowman of Wartski.. Wartski Gallery in 1972 sold the egg to the tycoon Stavros Niakros, owner of the fleet and shipyards. In 1974, Prince Rainier III of Monaco received it as a gift for the 25th anniversary of his stay on the throne and presented it to his wife, Princess Grace. It became one of the Princess ' favorite pieces of jewelry and was kept on a table in one of her rooms. After her death, all the rooms were sealed and the egg was not displayed in public. After the death of Rainier III in 2005, Albert II inherited the egg along with the princely throne. Since 2008, the egg has been shown to the general public at exhibitions. In 1902, Faberge created a very similar egg ("The Egg of the Duchess of Marlborough") for Consuelo Vanderbilt. It was large and covered with pink, not blue enamel.
Our product is a great gift to the collector and a unique interior decoration! Inside the egg is a roomy box, in which the owner can hide their jewelry and valuables. An exquisite box in the style of Faberge will be a unique gift for both men and women.