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Fifteenth Anniversary Egg

House of Fabergé

Fifteenth Anniversary Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1911 and presented to Alexandra Feodorovna.

Date
1911
Collection
Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1911. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Alexandra Feodorovna for Easter in 1911. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg. In this record, Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg 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, Alexandra Feodorovna as recipient, and Saint Petersburg as the place of manufacture.

Origin
Saint Petersburg

In the Tapestry

Associated with · 1911
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1911
Alexandra FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1911
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1911
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Fabergé Museum, Saint PetersburgC

Provenance and history

  1. 1911

    Presented to Alexandra FeodorovnaA

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

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Fabergé Museum, Saint PetersburgB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg.

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'

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  3. C

    Fabergé Museum, 'Collection Highlights'

    Catalogue record

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