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On display at the exhibition «Royal Jewellery: From Coronations to Keepsakes» will be shown at the King’s Gallery in London from 25 June 2027 to 19 March 2028.
(basierend auf den historischen Aufzeichnungen, Auktionskatalogen Christie’s/Sotheby’s/Wartski und der üblichen Sekundärliteratur)
IMPERIAL WINTER EGG
Fabergé, Entwurf Alma Theresia Pihl – Werkstatt Albert Holmström, St. Petersburg, 1913
Das Winterei von 1913 gehört zu den ungewöhnlichsten Kreationen der kaiserlichen Fabergé-Werkstätten. Die Komplexität, die technische Meisterschaft und die poetische Umsetzung des Themas „Schnee, Eis und Frühjahr“ machen es zu einem absoluten Höhepunkt des Hofjuweliers.
Der Innenmechanismus trägt einen zarten, doppelt gebänderter Platin-Korb, vollständig besetzt mit Rosenschliffdiamanten.
Darin:
Der Boden der Überraschung ist graviert: FABERGÉ 1913.
Überraschung: 8,2 cm (3 ¼ in.)
Ei mit Sockel: 14,2 cm (5 ⅝ in.)
1913
Kommissioniert von Kaiser Nikolaus II. als Ostergeschenk für seine Mutter Zarinmutter Maria Fjodorowna.
St. Petersburg, 13. April 1913. Preis 24.600 Rubel.
1913–1917
Privatsammlung der Zarinmutter, Anitschkow-Palast, St. Petersburg.
September 1917
Vom Provisorischen Gouvernement zur Kreml-Waffenkammer überführt.
1922
Durch die Sonderkommission für Schmuckwerte ausgewählt und an Gokhran, Moskau, übergeben.
1929–1933
Von Wartski, London(Snowman der Schwiegersohn, gehörte zu den wenigen Pionieren, die zwischen 1927 und 1933 Einkäufe bei der sowjetischen Regierungsabteilung, dem sogenannten Antiquariat, tätigten), in der sowjetischen Verkaufsperiode erworben (Preis £450).
1934
Erworben von Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (Preis £1.500).
1934–1948
Sammlung Sir Bernard Eckstein.
1949
Nachfolgerverkauf: Sotheby’s London, 8. Februar 1949, Lot 128 (Preis £1.870).
Erworben für die Sammlung Arthur Bryan Ledbrook.
1974
Nach dessen Tod im Besitz eines Trusts.
1994
Christie’s Genf, 16. November 1994, Lot 464.
Zuschlag CHF 7.263.500 — Weltrekord für Fabergé.
2002
Christie’s New York, 19. April 2002, Lot 150.
Zuschlag $9.579.500 — erneuter Weltrekord.
ab 2002 (inoffiziell)
Zuschlag an Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani (Qatar).
Gerüchte seit Jahren: Werk möglicherweise nie bezahlt und nie abgeholt → Christie’s verbleibt wirtschaftlicher Eigentümer.
2025
Christie’s London, 2. Dez. 2025, Lot 7.
GBP 22,895,000 Verkauf als Teil einer „Princely Collection“ an Wartski nach 100 Jahren ….
A Masterpiece of Alma Theresia Pihl and the Holmström Workshop
St Petersburg, 1913
Commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II as his Easter gift to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Imperial Winter Egg stands among the most poetic and technically sophisticated creations of Carl Fabergé’s ateliers. Conceived by the young designer Alma Theresia Pihl and executed in the celebrated workshop of Albert Holmström, it is a triumph of imagination, virtuosity and symbolic refinement.
Carved from a single block of rock crystal, the egg reveals a delicately frosted interior, suggesting winter light caught beneath a thin layer of ice. The exterior is adorned with a constellation of platinum snowflakes set with rose-cut diamonds and two vertical diamond-set borders cleverly disguising the hinge. At its apex sits a cabochon moonstone engraved with the date 1913, a subtle reminder of the Romanov tercentenary.
The egg rests upon a sculptural block of melting ice, also carved in rock crystal, its surface enlivened with flowing platinum rivulets set with rose-cut diamonds. A central platinum pin rises from the base to support the egg with absolute precision.
Suspended within is one of the most enchanting surprises in the Fabergé oeuvre:
a double-handled trelliswork basket in platinum, entirely pavé-set with rose-cut diamonds. It overflows with lifelike wood anemones carved from white quartz, each with gold wire stamens and a demantoid garnet at its centre. The leaves, rendered in exquisitely shaped nephrite, emerge from a bed of finely modelled gold moss.
The base of the basket is engraved ‘FABERGÉ 1913’.
Who was the Lady who got the Faberge Tiara as wedding gift? She was the mother of two Dukes of Westminster…..
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine daughter of Ernst-Ludwig, last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
What’s happened about this treasure…..
The 32 Faberge Easter Eggs in Detail from the Collection of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse
A previously undisclosed Fabergé Brooch emerged into public view when Queen Camilla adorned herself with a heritage piece of Queen Alexandra on the 11th of March, in celebration of Commonwealth Day. This remarkable piece revealed two portions of what are three components of a royal Fabergé Cloak Clasp.
The tradition of gifting, particularly for occasions such as birthdays and Easter, saw her receiving numerous presents from her sister, Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia. The Empress held a particular preference for the exquisite craftsmanship of Fabergé for such esteemed events.
Queen Victoria’s Hesse Diamond Jubilee Brooch|Queen Consort Camilla>>
Four of Princess Alice’s surviving children and their spouses gave their grandmother a magnificent diamond and sapphire brooch.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna “Ella” and the Grand Duke Serge along with Princess Victoria and Prince Louis of Battenberg’s gift was “…a brooch with an open pendant heart of diamonds, bearing in the centre the number „60“ in Slavonic characters. It has on the top a cabochon sapphire and there are two large sapphire drops.” The jewel was made in the workshops of Fabergé(the see note from Empress Alexandra about the payment) more >>>
Grand Duchess Vladimir | Diamond Coronation Brooch 1896 | Romanov Imperial Crown one of the
Grand Duchess Vladimir’s Jewel Collection
The Princess Thyra Sapphire Tiara is a rare and highly distinctive Danish royal jewel, created in the late nineteenth century for Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945), daughter of the future King Frederik VIII and Queen Lovisa of Denmark. The tiara was a gift from her parents, possibly marking her eighteenth birthday and debut into society in 1898.
But where does the tiara come from? There is no clear answer, but a presumption.
Already in connection with Princess Lovisa of Sweden’s wedding with Crown Prince Frederik (VIII) of Denmark in 1869 there was a rumour about her large jewellery collection. It has been said that it could fill an entire billiard table. And this was only the beginning. Soon after and within the span of
just a few years, she also inherited many pieces of
jewellery from her parents, King Karl XV (1826- 1872)
and Queen Lovisa of Sweden (1828-1871),
her grandmother, the Dowager Queen Josephina of
Sweden (1807-1876) and her grandparents, Prince
Frederick (1797-1881) and Princess Louise of the
Netherlands (1808-1870).
It has been suggested that the Princess Thyra Sap-
phire Tiara could come from her mother’s jewellery
collection. There is, however, no solid proof that
Queen Lovisa gave away many or larger pieces of
jewellery while she lived. She probably did it at her
daughter Princess Ingeborg’s wedding in 1897, but it
was as a wedding gift, and Princess Thyra remained
unwed. At the same time Queen Lovisa’s collection
of jewellery – in particular the larger pieces – is fairly
well covered in history books, and the Princess Thyra
Sapphire Tiara cannot readily be found in any of the
sections of the mother’s familial inheritance lots.
in the front row. The name Thyra was very popular in Denmark in the second half of the 19th century due to a historical interest for the Viking
Age. Thus, King Gorm the Old of Denmark, who lived in the 900s, was married to Queen Thyra.
Designed in the Historicist style, the tiara consists of five graduated upright, heart-shaped foliate ornaments, each centred by a cabochon natural Ceylon sapphire and surrounded by rose-cut diamonds. Stylised flowers, buds and scrolling foliage are set with old mine, rose and single-cut diamonds, with small pearls incorporated into the design. The jewel is mounted in 14-carat gold, rose gold and silver on a curved circlet.
One of its most unusual features is its versatility: the five sapphires can be removed and replaced by five cabochon turquoises, transforming the appearance of the tiara. The sapphires weigh approximately 15.61 carats in total, including the large central stone of approximately 8.90 carats, while the diamonds total about 10 carats.
Although the tiara bears no maker’s mark, its striking similarity to the King Edward VII Ruby Tiara, made by E. Wolff & Co. of London for Princess Margaret of Connaught in 1905, has led to the suggestion that Thyra’s tiara was produced by the same workshop. Its original fitted case, however, is signed by the Copenhagen court jeweller A. Michelsen, which may have acted as the retailer. The attribution to E. Wolff & Co. therefore remains a well-founded hypothesis rather than a documented fact.
Princess Thyra remained unmarried and retained the jewel throughout her life. By testament she left it to her niece Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, who in 1963 gave it to her daughter Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935–2018). It subsequently remained among the descendants of King Frederik VIII and Queen Lovisa.
A later modification also tells something of the tiara’s personal history: during the 1920s or 1930s, when tiaras were fashionable worn low across the forehead, a velvet band was added to make it more comfortable to wear. Intriguingly, the fitted case contains space apparently intended for another jewel, suggesting that a bracelet may originally have formed part of the set. The Sapphire Diamond Tiara is now in the Albion Art Collection.
Diamond Brooch in the form of the Russian Imperial Crown, set with 149 diamonds of abourt 21,1 carats. The two largest diamonds are ca 6,8ct and 7,3ct.
This brooch and 17 others were executed on the order of Tsar Nicholas II to Carl Faberge .
The brooch cost 4000 silver roubles.
These brooches were Imperial gifts presented on 24. May 1894. The day before the coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
They were given to both the Grand Duchesses living in Russia and also to those that had, through their marriages, become queens or duchesses outside Russia and attended the coronation.
This was given to Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna who married in 1879 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Their daughter Alexandrine inherited this brooch in 1922. She married in 1898 the Danish Crown Prince Christian. Later Queen Alexandrine of Denmark left it to her daughter-in-law Princess Caroline-Mathilde (Prince Knud’s wife). In 1995 the brooch was inherited by her daughter, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark.
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, left it to The Royal Danish Collection in her will.
Carl Faberge also executed brooches, in this design but larger diamonds, for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna 10 000 roubles and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna 12 000 roubles. The Queen of Siam was also presented with such a brooch in 1897 the price beeing 5100 roubles.