Item: Imperial Easter Egg/Faberge egg/Eggshell

A Faberge egg is any one of sixty-nine jeweled eggs made by Peter Carl Faberge and his assistants between 1885 and 1917.

Fifty Imperial Faberge Easter eggs were made and presented to Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia. A further two eggs were planned but not delivered, the Constellation and Karelian Birch eggs of 1917.

Seven of the eggs were made for the Kelch family of Moscow.

The eggs are made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones. The term "Faberge egg" has become a synonym of luxury and the eggs are regarded as masterpieces of the jeweller's art.