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title: Imperial Caucasus Egg by Fabergé
author: James Petts
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13957/imperial-caucasus-egg-by-faberge/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Imperial Caucasus Egg by Fabergé
_Authored by James Petts_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13957.jpg)
## Image Caption
The 1893 Imperial Caucasus Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The egg was given by [Tsar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tsar/) [Alexander](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Alexander/) III (r. 1881-1894) to his wife Marie Feodorovna. It commemorates their son Grand Duke George Alexandrovich's time in Abastumani in the Caucasus. The egg is made of [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/), [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/), and platinum with red enamel. There are additional decorations using diamonds, pearls, crystal, and ivory. Four panels open to reveal miniature paintings. Each door has a number which together form '1893'. The egg measures 9.2 cm (3.6 in) in height.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
## Cite This Work
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## License & Copyright
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