The First Hen egg or Jeweled Hen egg is an Imperial Fabergé egg. It became the first in a series of more than 50 such jeweled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family. It was delivered to Tsar Alexander III and given to his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1885. The tsarina enjoyed the egg so much that ...

A Fabergé egg (Russian: яйцо Фаберже, romanized: yaytso Faberzhe) is a jewelled egg first created by the jewellery firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. As many as 69 Czarist Russia Era eggs were created, of which 61 are currently known to have survived. [ 1 ]

The celebrated series of 50 Imperial Easter eggs was created for the Russian Imperial family from 1885 to 1916 when the company was run by Peter Carl Fabergé. These creations are inextricably linked to the glory and tragic fate of the last Romanov family.

Fabergé egg, any of a series of decorative eggs containing objets d’art that were made by Peter Carl Fabergé’s studios from 1885 to 1917. The best-known—as well as the most lavish and intricate—were the 50 Imperial eggs created for the Romanov family and given as Easter gifts.

Jun 11, 2021 · In the waning decades of their rule, Russia's Romanov imperial family maintained a standing order with Peter Carl Fabergé to create jeweled Easter eggs. Here is the story of nine of the most...

Apr 17, 2019 · This astonishing creation, known as the Hen Egg, was the first of an eventual 50 Fabergé imperial eggs commissioned annually by the Romanov family’s two final czars: Alexander III and, from...

The first egg given by Nicholas II to his bride, Alexandra Feodorovna, it seems to signal to some degree, the ill-fated events that would befall the Romanovs. Meant as a token of new love, the egg, in times to come, would no doubt remind the tsarina of her son’s hemophilia.

Nov 15, 2017 · The first imperial Fabergé egg dates back to 1885, when the Russian Tsar Alexander III commissioned a gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna, for Easter. (The holiday is among the most important celebrations of …

The family tradition to commission Easter Eggs made of precious materials and complete with ‘surprises’ had been initiated back in 1885 by the Emperor Alexander III. Carl Fabergé was the creator...

According to traditionally, the first Imperial Easter egg made by Faberge is believed to have been inspired by a piece of jewelry created for Élisabeth Charlotte d’Orléans, Princess of Commercy in the 1720s, which subsequently passed into the possession of the Danish Royal family.