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Steel Military Egg

House of Fabergé

Steel Military Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1916 and presented to Alexandra Feodorovna.

Date
1916
Collection
Moscow Kremlin Museums

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Steel Military Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1916. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Alexandra Feodorovna for Easter in 1916. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Moscow Kremlin Museums. In this record, Moscow Kremlin Museums 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 · 1916
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1916
Alexandra FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1916
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1916
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Moscow Kremlin MuseumsC

Provenance and history

  1. 1916

    Presented to Alexandra FeodorovnaA

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

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Moscow Kremlin MuseumsB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Moscow Kremlin Museums.

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

    Moscow Kremlin Museums, 'Fabergé. Easter Presents'

    Catalogue record

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