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Caucasus Egg

House of Fabergé

Caucasus Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1893 and presented to Maria Feodorovna.

Date
1893
Collection
Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Caucasus Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1893. Alexander III of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Maria Feodorovna for Easter in 1893. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation. In this record, Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation is the latest publicly identified holder because the cited institutional or location source records the egg there. The documented connections used for this entry are the House of Fabergé as maker, Alexander III of Russia as commissioner, Maria Feodorovna as recipient, and Saint Petersburg as the place of manufacture.

Origin
Saint Petersburg

In the Tapestry

Associated with · 1893
Alexander III of RussiaA
Presented to · 1893
Maria FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1893
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1893
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Matilda Geddings Gray FoundationBmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. 1893

    Presented to Maria FeodorovnaA

    Alexander III of Russia commissioned the Imperial Easter egg and presented it to Maria Feodorovna.

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Matilda Geddings Gray FoundationB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation.

Sources

  1. A

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Fabergé Imperial Egg Chronology'

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  2. B

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Locations of the 50 Imperial Fabergé Eggs'

    ↗ View original record