In view of the opening of the next big exhibition of V&A “Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution” in Museum announced that acquired the long-lost Third Imperial Egg.
To egg Discovered in 2011 by a trader, it was sold in 1964 at auction in New York. It later appeared on a flea market in the United States, when a metal merchant bought it because of its weight in gold, and contacted Wartski, an antique house specializing in Russian art, who confirmed that it was the mysteriously lost egg.
The exhibits
Now, the valuable acquisition presented together with other Fabergé eggs which once belonged to the Romanovs in a showcase along with The Peacock Egg, where appears for the first time in a decade. The crystal egg is engraved with rococo designs and hides inside an enameled golden peacock with a mechanism, as reported by APE-MPE.
Also, for the first time two human sculptures will be presented, something rare for Faberge, who is believed to have created less than 50 in his lifetime. These are the figures of the private bodyguards of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Tsar Maria Feodorovna. The two sculptures reunited for the first time in a century, after being confiscated and separated after the Russian Revolution of 1917. One remained in Pavlovsk Palace and the other was bought by a collector in New York and recently sold at auction in 2013.
Fabergé eggs: Their story
Fabergé eggs are a famous line from 50 Imperial Easter Eggs. They were created for the Russian Imperial family from 1885 to 1916, when the company was run by the Russian goldsmith and jeweler, Peter Carl Faberge. The eggs are associated with the glory and tragic fate of the last Romanov imperial family.
Ten eggs were laid from 1885 to 1893, during the reign of Emperor Alexander III, and another 40 were laid during the reign of his son, Nicholas II. Two for each year, one for his mother and one for his wife. The series began when Emperor Alexander III ordered a Easter egg from Faberge as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna.
The exhibition will run from November 20, 2021 to May 8, 2022.
Photos: vam.ac.uk
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