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title: Danish Palaces Egg by Fabergé
author: James Petts
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13958/danish-palaces-egg-by-faberge/
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# Danish Palaces Egg by Fabergé
_Authored by James Petts_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13958.png)
## Image Caption
The 1890 Danish Palaces 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. The egg is made of [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) and pale rose enamel. The top of the egg has a star sapphire and additional decoration is given with emeralds and diamonds. The surprise inside the egg is a series of ten connected miniature paintings with gold frames. The paintings by Konstantin Krijitski show residences in Denmark and Russia which were favourites of the empress. The egg measures 10.2 cm (4 in) in height.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
## Cite This Work
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