Imperial Ornament with Floral Basket Double Egg in Pink

This Egg Jewelry Box was created in the style of the famous Spring Flowers Jeweled Egg. The egg was made in 1899 by one of the greatest goldsmiths, and designers in decorative arts and jeweler to the Russian imperial court Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920). The egg is believed to have been given as a gift to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. Today the egg belongs to the private collection of Victor Vekselberg. The Spring Flowers was made in Neo Rococo style and is covered with a translucent strawberry red enamel over a guilloche background and decorated with gold curls in the Second Rococo style.