AR / ITEM / 00100457

Blue Serpent Clock Egg

House of Fabergé

Blue Serpent Clock Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1895 and presented to Maria Feodorovna.

Date
1895
Collection
Prince Albert II of Monaco Collection

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Blue Serpent Clock Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1895. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Maria Feodorovna for Easter in 1895. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Prince Albert II of Monaco Collection. In this record, Prince Albert II of Monaco Collection 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, Nicholas II of Russia as commissioner, Maria Feodorovna as recipient, and Saint Petersburg as the place of manufacture.

Origin
Saint Petersburg

In the Tapestry

Associated with · 1895
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1895
Maria FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1895
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1895
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Prince Albert II of Monaco CollectionBmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. 1895

    Presented to Maria FeodorovnaA

    Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the Imperial Easter egg and presented it to Maria Feodorovna.

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Prince Albert II of Monaco CollectionB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Prince Albert II of Monaco Collection.

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