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@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 😘💕Have fun with your mother. I wish I could attend Mass
on Easter I am not protected and you still have to wear a mask here. I will watch Mass
online. 😘I have no clue what we are having on Easter. I may do take out. I know one
thing I will have some chocolate. 😘💕🤣

Enjoy Jake and stay safe another daughter had her first Moderna Vaccine Shot today
all she has is a sore arm. 😎I guess it is easier in the State of GA to get a vaccine shot.

I am on a list here in OZ. Let me know if I can cover anything for you in Club Sheba.
I am having fun with the Fabergé eggs.

The Hen Egg, 1885

Inspired by an 18th century original, the Hen Egg has an opaque white enamelled outer ‘shell’, opening with a twist to reveal a first surprise – a matt yellow gold yolk. This in turn contains an enamelled chased gold hen that once held a replica of the Imperial Crown with a precious ruby pendant egg within. The drop by itself cost more than half of the egg’s total price (both lost, being only known from an old photograph).

@71flowerchild,

Good day in Texas or New Mexico I hope you have a safe Good Friday and a wonderful
Easter. I am doing my Faberge’s Eggs.

Give the fur babies a nice OZ hug. 🤣

Lilies of the Valley Egg, 1898

This pink guilloché enamel Art Nouveau egg, presented by Emperor Nicholas II to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, is virtually smothered with pearl- and diamond-set lilies of the valley sprays, her favourite flower, and is designed in her most-liked style. It stands on four cabriolet feet entwined with diamond-set foliage. The surprise, three miniatures of their eldest daughters, Olga and Tatiana, surmounted by a diamond- and ruby-set Imperial Crown, appears when one of the pearls is twisted.

@taci,

Good Morning in AZ I hope your trip was safe and you are getting some rest. 😘💕

Enjoy the view today. I am thinking of you.

Rosebud Egg, 1895

This egg, applied with diamond-set Cupid’s arrows symbolizing Love, was the first of the series presented by Emperor Nicholas II to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, a few months after their marriage. It is crafted from multi-coloured gold, decorated with bands of rose-cut diamonds and is covered with translucent red guilloché enamel. The rosebud surprise is of opaque yellow and green enamel. At its apex the egg has a miniature portrait of the young Emperor under a table-cut diamond, and at its base the date 1894. Further surprises contained within, a diamond-set crown and a ruby drop, are only known from an old photograph.

@oodiebom,

Good Afternoon in Florida. I am so glad you found the keys. 😘💕Beautiful day here in OZ.

I have a little yard work to finish up today and then hubby will finish painting a bedroom
we started on this weekend. 💕 Enjoy the day I have a taste for fresh fruit. 🌹
Just some fun facts on the Fabergé’s Eggs.

Bay-Tree Egg, 1911
The egg, presented by Emperor Nicholas II to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, is inspired by a French 18th century singing bird automaton. According to the Fabergé invoice, the bay tree comprises “325 nephrite leaves, 110 opalescent white enamel flowers, 25 diamonds, 20 rubies, 53 pearls, 219 rose-cut diamonds and one large rose-cut diamond”. When the clockwork automation is wound up and set in motion, a feathered bird appears, flaps its wings, turns its head, opens its beak and sings.

@bichon18,

Good day in Florida Amy I do hope you and Jerry are having nice week. 😎🌹💕

Give Chloe and little Ari a nice OZ pet. 🤣

Nobel Ice Egg, 1914

This platinum and translucent white enamel egg is engraved with underglaze frost crystals. Its surprise is a lozenge-shaped diamond-set platinum and rock crystal watch similarly decorated. This egg was commissioned by Dr. Emanuel Nobel, nephew of Alfred Nobel, of Nobel prize fame. Emanuel Nobel, one of the leading figures of the oil industry at the time, was amongst Fabergé’s most notable clients.

The Imperial Eggs

The celebrated series of 50 Imperial Easter eggs was created for the Russian Imperial family from 1885 to 1916 when the company was run by Peter Carl Fabergé. These creations are inextricably linked to the glory and tragic fate of the last Romanov family. They were the ultimate achievement of the renowned Russian jewellery house and must also be considered the last great commissions of objets d’art . Ten eggs were produced from 1885 to 1893, during the reign of Emperor Alexander III; 40 more were created during the rule of his dutiful son, Nicholas II, two each year, one for his mother, the dowager, the second for his wife.

The series began in 1885 when Emperor Alexander III, through the intermediary of his uncle, Grand Duke Vladimir, commissioned an Easter egg from Fabergé as an Easter present for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna. Initially planned by Fabergé to contain a diamond ring, the actual finished version, following specific instructions of the Emperor, included a ruby pendant of great value.

@ddshoppy,

Good Morning in S. California I did see your post. Sorry it got poof. No worries I want to
wish you and your family a nice Good Friday and Happy Easter. 🌹💕

@defg,

Hey Happy Spring and have a Good Friday and Easter. 😎Hope you and hubby are
doing well. 🌹

I do the Fabergé’s Imperial Easter Eggs every year for the past seven years so this
will be your first egg. 🤣😎

@loaf,

Good Morning in your neck of the woods. Loaf I hope you have a safe Good Friday and
a Happy Easter. 😘💕😎Loaf I love doing my annual Fabergé Eggs. 😘😎💕

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