Born in St. Petersburg, Peter Carl Fabergé was known for his jeweled egg collections.
He designed them as annual royal Easter gifts presented to Empresses Maria and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna in the middle of 19th century.
His rich egg designs continued dedicated to the Romanov Family until the Bolshevik revolution.
When the Bolsheviks took the power, the former royal family left the palace and their jewelries including Fabergé eggs behind.
The sizes of the eggs stretched between 3 and 5 inches and manufacturing one egg took 1 year. Sometimes, they was used as gift boxes.
The total number of the manufactured jeweled eggs is 65, only 50 survived. Currently, the egg collections are preserved in different locations such as Kremlin Museum.
Several eggs were witnessed in various auctions in New York and London.
It is worthy to mention that House of Fabergé earned enormous gains, in addition to leading the European market as his corporation executed more than 150,000 designs.
Furthermore, he was honored several senior awards and medals of merit. However, his career as a royal bellwether designer came to end after the revolution erupted in 1917 in Russia.
Contributed by: Rana Atef
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