Length: 5-1/4 inches
Markings: MP (Michael Perchin), FABERGE,
crossed anchors, 56
Date: 1894
Inspired by a jeweled casket in Dresden,
Germany (in the Grunes Gewolbe Museum), this piece is richly
decorated with colorful stones. The name for the egg comes
from the source of its inspiration, as well as the Renaissance-style
enamelled foliate motifs. The egg is made of milky chalcedony
and trellised with opaque white enamel gold bands. At each
trellis intersection there is a quatrefoil of diamonds with
a ruby center. The egg is bisected by a red enamelled gold
band. Under the bisecting band and around the red enamelled
top, the Renaissance-style motifs, set with diamonds and
cabochon rubies, are placed. The top has the date, 1894,
set in rose diamonds. The egg, last of the eggs for Czar
Alexander III, rests on a golden base with enamelled red
and green flowers and palmettes against a white background.
The had two chased gold lion masks, with loop handles in
their mouths. The surprise that came in this egg has been
lost and is unknown.
