* RUSSIAN JASPER EGG & RUBY HEART SURPRISE *

 

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ROYAL STYLE EGG.

MADE OF THE RARE "PICTURE JASPER", SET UPON AN 18K GOLD FINISHED PEDESTAL, CONSISTING OF SWANS WITH OUTSPREAD WINGS.

THE FINIAL'S UPPERMOST SECTION RENDERED AS A ROSE, IS SET WITH A DIAMOND CRYSTAL.

EGG IS SET WITH NUMEROUS JEWEL CUT AUSTRIAN GEMSTONES.

HAS CREAM COLORED VELVET LINING.

INSIDE IS CORONATION CROWN BROOCH, PIN BACK, SET WITH NUMEROUS SEED PEARLS, AND JEWELCUT AUSTRIAN GEMSTONES.

TRANSLUCENT ENAMELING SET WITH NUMEROUS JEWEL CUT AUSTRIAN CRYSTAL GEMSTONES,WITH MATCHING NECKLACE.

THE EGG IS CARVED IN THE SAME RURAL MOUNTIAN DISTRICT OF SIBERIA, THAT THE ROMANOV COURT JEWELER HAD HIS FAMOUS HARDSTONE CARVINGS MADE.

PICTURE JASPER HAS BEAUTIFUL INCLUSIONS THAT HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF TINY LANDSCAPES AND TREES.

THIS EGG AND SURPRISE IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES PRESENTED AS EASTER GIFTS BY CZAR NICOLAS II TO HIS WIFE AND MOTHER, UP TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1917. HAS FITTED AND PADDED PRESENTATION CASE.

Price: $112.00