Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg by the Fabergé firm, 1903, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Today is the birthday of famed Russian goldsmith Peter Carl Faberge. This egg was made by his shop in 1903 for presentation from Tsar Nicholas III to Tsarina Alexandra in commemoration of 200th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great. The royal tradition of gifting elaborate Easter eggs began with Tsar Alexander III, and continued until the revolution in 1917.
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