Whereabouts Imperial Eggs
(See Exhibitions for "traveling" Eggs!)
Imperial Easter Eggs are those Eggs presented by Tsar Alexander III and Tsar Nicholas II, to the Tsarinas Maria Feodorovna (MF) and Alexandra Feodorovna (AF)
1891 Memory of Azov
Egg- MF
1899 Madonna Lily
- AF
1900 Trans-Siberian
Railway Egg- AF
1902 Clover Egg- AF
1906 Moscow Kremlin Egg- AF
1908 Alexander Palace Egg- AF
1909 Standart Egg - AF
1910 Alexander
III Equestrian Egg- MF
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Egg- AF
1916 Steel Military Egg - AF
The Link of Times Cultural and Historical Foundation
(The Svyaz’ Vremyon Fund)
Owner: Viktor Vekselberg
Museum Fabergé - Former Shuvalov Palace, 21 Fontanka Embankment, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(Website:http://fabergemuseum.ru/)
1885 Hen Egg- MF
1894 Renaissance Egg - MF
1895 Rosebud Egg- AF
1897 Surprise from missing Mauve Egg- MF
1897 Coronation Egg- AF
1898 Lilies
of the Valley Egg- AF
1900 Cockerel/Cuckoo Clock Egg - MF
1911 Bay Tree Egg - MF
1911 15th Anniversary
Egg - AF
1916 Order of St.
George Egg - MF
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, USA. Bequest of Lillian Thomas Pratt
(Website: Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts)
1896
Revolving Miniatures Egg- AF
1898 Pelican Egg- MF
1903 Peter the Great
Egg- AF
1912 Tsarevich Egg- AF
1915 Red Cross Portraits Egg - MF
The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation
November 22, 2011 – November 2021 - Long-term Installation in New York Metroplolitan Museum of Art (Expanded date!)
Read more!
1890 Danish Palaces
Egg- MF
1893 Caucasus Egg- MF
1912 Napoleonic Egg- MF
(Website: The Royal Collection)
1901 Flower Basket Egg- AF
1910 Colonnade Egg- AF
1914 Mosaic Egg- AF
1892 Surprise Diamond Trellis Egg - MF
(Website: http://www.fems.ch/en/site/mysandoz/collection)
1906 Swan Egg - MF
1908 Peacock Egg - MF
at Hillwood Museum & Gardens, Washington, DC, USA
(Website: Hillwood Museum)
1896 Twelve Monogram Egg/Alexander III Portraits Egg- MF
1914 Catherine
the Great Egg- MF
(Website: The Walters Art Museum)
Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
(Website: The Cleveland Museum of Art)
1915 Red Cross Triptych Egg- AF
HIS Prince Albert II of Monaco
1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg- MF
The McFerrin Collection
Houston Museum of Natural Science
(Website: http://www.hmns.org/exhibits/special-exhibitions/faberge-royal-gifts/
Private Collections
1887 Third Imperial Egg - MF | Private Collection ? | |
1899 Pansy Egg - MF |
Mrs. Harold Stream, USA |
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Private Collection, USA |
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1913 Winter Egg - MF |
Private Collection ? |
Missing Imperial Easter Eggs - All MF
Hen Egg with Sapphire Pendant | |
Cherub Egg with Chariot | |
Nécessaire Egg | |
Mauve Enamel Egg (surprise in Link of Times Collection) | |
Empire Nephrite Egg/Alexander III Medallion Egg | |
Royal Danish Egg | |
Alexander III Commemorative Egg |
Two Eggs (1917) were not presented to one of the Tsarinas due to the Revolution
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia
(Website: Fersman
Mineralogical Museum)
1917 Blue Tsarevich Constellation Egg
Fabergé Museum Baden-Baden, Germany
(Website: http://www.faberge-museum.de/index.php)
The Kelch Eggs
(The Kelch Eggs are considered by Fabergé scholars as being of "Imperial Quality")
The Link of Times Collection, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Collection HM Queen Elizabeth II, London, UK |
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Estate of Joan Kroc USA |
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Adulf Peter Goop Collection Liechtenstein Schatzkammer |
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The McFerrin Collection, Houston, USA |
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Private Collection Australia | |
The Link of Times Collection, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Other Eggs ("Imperial Quality")
The Link of Times Collection, Saint Petersburg,
Russia |
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The McFerrin Collection, Houston, USA |
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The Edouard and Maurice
Sandoz Foundation, Switzerland |
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The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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The Link of Times Collection, Saint Petersburg,
Russia |
A quick count: 19 Imperial Eggs are in Russia, 16 in the USA, 6 in Europe, 2 unknown, 7 missing. 50 (presented) Imperial Eggs in total.
A note. In case you want to visit museums to admire their Fabergé Eggs, please check on them before you go! Eggs travel the world in exhibitions and Mieks may not always be the first to know
Information on Fabergé Exhibits worldwide:
Fabergé Research Site
Page updated: January 9, 2019