Scandinavian (Fabergé egg)

Scandinavian Fabergé egg

Year delivered	1899–1903
Customer	Unknown St. Petersburg client
Current owner
Individual or institution	Viktor Vekselberg Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Year of acquisition	2004
Design and materials
Workmaster	Michael Perkhin
Materials used	Gold, translucent strawberry red enamel, diamonds
Height	74 millimetres (2.9 in)
Surprise	The egg opens to reveal an enamelled yolk, which contains a miniature hen.

The Scandinavian egg, also known as the Quisling egg, is an enamelled Easter egg made by Michael Perchin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé between 1899 and 1903.^[1] The egg was made for a St. Petersburg client, one of the very few Fabergé eggs that were not made for the Russian Imperial Family.^[1]

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Design

The egg opens to reveal an enamelled yolk, which contains a miniature hen.^[2]

History

Rediscovered in an Oslo bank safe, among the possessions of Maria Quisling, the widow of World War II fascist collaborator Vidkun Quisling,^[3] it was acquired by Malcolm Forbes for his Fabergé collection in the 1980s.

The Forbes Collection was sold in 2004 to Viktor Vekselberg for almost $100 million.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Faberge - Treasures of Imperial Russia". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
^ "Faberge - Treasures of Imperial Russia". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
^ "Mieks Fabergé Eggs". Archived from the original on 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
^ Energy Tribune Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

A detailed article on the "Scandinavian" egg, from imperialtresuresofrussia.com
A detailed article on the "Scandinavian" egg, from Mieks Fabergé Eggs

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Other Fabergé eggs	Blue Striped Enamel [ru] Clock [hy] Duchess of Marlborough also known as Pink Serpent Gorbachev Peace Lapis Lazuli Nobel Ice Resurrection Rose Quartz Rothschild Scandinavian also known as Quisling Spring Flowers Twilight [ru] Youssoupov [ru]
Fabergé workmasters	August Wilhelm Holmström Michael Perkhin Alma Pihl Henrik Wigström Victor Mayer
Related	Peter Carl Fabergé House of Fabergé Fabergé Museum (Baden-Baden) Fabergé Museum (Saint Petersburg)

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