Twelve Monogram Egg
Date:
1896
Medium:
Gold -- champlevé enamel -- diamonds -- satin
Dimensions:
H. 3 1/8 in., W. 2 3/16 in.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
Object number:
11.63
The gold Easter egg is covered with royal blue champlevé enamel divided into twelve panels by bands of rose cut diamonds. The blue panels have all over scroll work in red gold and the ciphers of Emperor Alexander III (AIII) and his wife, Empress Maria Fedorovna (MF) set in diamonds, each six times, the former around the lower part of the egg, the Empress's ciphers around the cover. A large rose cut diamond is set within rose-cut diamond border at each end. The interior is lined with ivory satin. The surprise is missing.
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