Egg Timeline

In october 2008 I did research on the Blue Serpent Egg. The essay on this reasearch you can read here on the Fabergé Research Site.

On this forum you can read the reactions of Fabergé enthusiasts that were directed to me. Responses to Christel McCanless of the Fabergé Research Siteare published in the Winter 2009 Fabergé Newsletter.

Tim Adams (United States)

It seems so logical now that you have pointed this out Annemiek.  The Alexander III Egg has "blue enamel" and six portraits of Alexander. The Monogram Egg is blue enamel and has six cyphers of Alexander III around the egg and six of Maria Fedorovna. The theme is consistant with the discription of the "missing" egg......It is hard to believe that no one has seen this before!  Great detective work AW!

Will Lowes (Australia)

Congratulations on your research re: the Blue Serpent Clock Egg -- certainly makes sense!

Vincent Palmade (United States)

Vincent has additional information that could lead to the discovery of the new 1887 Third Easter Egg and suggests that the miniatures seen behind the Twelve Monogram/Alexander III Portraits Egg, are the miniatures of the Pelican Egg. Read more!

Toby Faber (Great Britain)

I like your theory about the mix-up between the 1887 and 1895 egg. It seems to fit the facts and the picture better than the current attribution – I’d be interested to know what reaction you get.

Now I’ll add my tuppenceworth (an English expression, which I assume you understand). We can be pretty sure, I think, that the surprise from the 1896 egg was lent to the 1935 Belgrave Square Exhibition by GD Xenia (see Lowes and McCanless…). Doesn’t that make it quite likely that she also possessed the egg itself – i.e., (assuming you’re right) the 12 Monogram Egg? It seems to make it more likely that the 12 Monogram Egg came to the West with Marie Fedorovna, before ending up in the possession of the mysterious ‘Mrs Berchielli’.

Alex Mogilevski (Russsia)

I found your recent research on the Blue Serpent Clock Egg extremely interesting! Indeed the telegraphic style used to describe the Easter Eggs in the invoices presented to the Court makes the correct attribution of some eggs quite difficult. Therefore, I am sure that your research is an important contribution to the Quest!

Nevertheless, I believe that a few issues should be addressed. Read more!

 

 

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