Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Winter Egg is estimated to sell for more than £20 million (Christie’s)The Faberge Winter Egg, commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift for his mother, is poised to fetch over £20 million at auction. Hailed as one of Faberge’s most lavish imperial creations, the egg is intricately carved from rock crystal with a frost design and features diamond-set platinum snowflake motifs. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the egg was relocated to the Kremlin Armoury.It was acquired by antiques dealers Wartski of London for £450, then sold to a British collector in 1934 for £1,500.The Winter Egg has previously set world records at Christie’s auctions in 1994 and 2002, and will be sold again by the auction house on 2 December in London. In fullRussian Emperor’s ‘Winter egg’ gift to mother set to sell for more than £20 millionThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Record-breaking Faberge egg to go to auction again
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Winter Egg is estimated to sell for more than £20 million (Christie’s)The Faberge Winter Egg, commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift for his mother, is poised to fetch over £20 million at auction. Hailed as one of Faberge’s most lavish imperial creations, the egg is intricately carved from rock crystal with a frost design and features diamond-set platinum snowflake motifs. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the egg was relocated to the Kremlin Armoury.It was acquired by antiques dealers Wartski of London for £450, then sold to a British collector in 1934 for £1,500.The Winter Egg has previously set world records at Christie’s auctions in 1994 and 2002, and will be sold again by the auction house on 2 December in London. In fullRussian Emperor’s ‘Winter egg’ gift to mother set to sell for more than £20 millionThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
