A one inch high replica of the Imperial Danish Palace Egg that was given by Tsar Alexander III to his wife, Empress Maria Fedorovna, for Easter 1890. The original Egg had a series of ten miniature paintings of Danish Palaces and yachts that the Empress enjoyed in her early life in Denmark. This tiny reproduction has, instead, a pair of love doves sitting on the plinth. As with the original, the Egg is done in enamel guilloché, and replacing the gemstones the gold work on the Egg has been chased to give the effect of the stones. At the base of the Egg there is a ruby red cabochon stone and 6 tiny Austrian crystals, at its apex is the Imperial Crown with a tiny bale to make it wearable.

For display purposes when not being worn, the egg sits on a base of Siberian Jade with a pedestal in the same rich pink enamel guilloché as the Egg.

Retail: $500.00. Our price: $449.90