RUSSIAN IMPERIAL FABERGE STYLE MUSICAL EGG.

THIS TABLE TOP EGG IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND MEASURES APPROX 4" TALL. MOUNTED ON MATCHING STAND. MADE OF HEAVY BRONZE GILT WITH 18k GOLD FINISH.

HAS VARIOUS BANDS IN EMERALD GREEN ENAMELING, WITH GILDED FIELDS, WITH RAISED MOUNTS OF MUSICAL TROPHIES, TRUMPETS, VIOLINS, HARPS, AND OTHER MUSICAL INSTURMENTS, INTERTWINED WITH GARLANDS.

DETAILING IS EXQUISITE, INTRICATE GUILLOCHE BORDERS.

TOP FEATURES THREE DIMANSIONAL DOVE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF FLIGHT. HAS SIDE KEY TO OPERATE INNTER MUSIC BOX, THAT PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKYS "SWAN LAKE".

AUTHENTICALLY RECREATED BY THE J. RIVERS "IMPERIAL COLLECTION", IN THE SIMILAR STYLE OF the original model of this egg , named the "NAPOLEONIC EGG", is displayed in the New Orlean's Museum of Art.

Tsar Nicholas II presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna on Easter of 1912 to commemorate the centenary of the Russian victory over Napoleon's armies, defeated in 1812.

The celebration of this centenary was used to enhance patriotism of Russian people.

Green guilloche enamel Easter egg is decorated in the Empire style with chased war trophies.

Price: $159.00