The Peacock egg will be on display for the first time in 10 years. The Peacock Egg is a rock crystal egg and it is finely engraved with rocaille and has an enamelled gold peacock automaton inside the egg.
The statues are of the private bodyguards of the Dowager Empress and Tsarina. The two statues had been confiscated and separated after the Russian Revolution of The eggs are linked to the glory and tragic fate of the last Romanov family. Two for each year, one for his mother, and one for his wife. A post shared by Victoria and Albert Museum vamuseum. Sign up today. Related auctions Follow. Russian Art London 7 Jun. You may also like Related content.
From Chanel to Churchill, royalty to the Surrealists — Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie and her brilliant friends Items from the collection of the society hostess, ranging from French Impressionist paintings to English furniture, are offered in London. Related Department Russian art Jewellery. Tap to Close. Their meticulous craftsmanship switched from jewels and precious metals to copper, brass and steel.
The collection on display will include several that have never before been shown in the UK including the largest Imperial Egg — the Moscow Kremlin Egg — inspired by the architecture of the Dormition Cathedral, on loan from the Moscow Kremlin Museums.
The Alexander Palace Egg, featuring watercolour portraits of the children of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra — and containing a surprise model of the palace inside — will also take centre stage alongside the Tercentenary Egg, created to celebrate years of the Romanov dynasty, only a few years before the dynasty crumbled.
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