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title: Mosaic Egg by Fabergé
author: Gregor Maclennan
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13950/mosaic-egg-by-faberge/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mosaic Egg by Fabergé
_Authored by Gregor Maclennan_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13950.jpg)
## Image Caption
The 1914 [Mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The egg was given by [Tsar Nicholas II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tsar_Nicholas_II/) (r. 1894-1917) to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. The egg is made of platinum set with a mosaic design of flowers. The pieces of the mosaic are diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, topazes, and garnets. The surprise inside the egg is a sepia grisaille enamel showing miniature portraits of the [tsar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tsar/)'s children. The pedestal and frame is of [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) and decorated with diamonds and pearls. The egg measures 9.2 cm (3.6 in) in height.
Royal Collection, London.
## Cite This Work
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Maclennan, G. (2021, May 03). Mosaic Egg by Fabergé. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_g1/7271916610/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_g1/7271916610/) by [**Gregor Maclennan**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_g1/7271916610/). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 03 May 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.