Alexander III Commemorative

The Alexander III Commemorative egg.

The Alexander III Commemorative egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1909, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

The egg commemorates Alexander III of Russia, who had died fifteen years previously. The egg is one of four to commemorate Alexander, along with the Alexander III Portraits, Alexander III Equestrian and Empire Nephrite eggs. The surprise was a miniature gold bust of Alexander.^[1]

The Alexander III Commemorative egg is one of the seven Imperial Fabergé eggs that are currently missing; and one of only two lost eggs for which a photograph exists, the other being 1903's Royal Danish.

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↑ Fabergé Eggs, Mieks.

Fabergé egg

Imperial Easter Eggs	Hen Hen with Sapphire Pendant Third Cherub with Chariot Nécessaire Danish Palaces Memory of Azov Diamond Trellis Caucasus Renaissance Rosebud Blue Serpent Clock Twelve Monograms Rock Crystal Alexander III Portraits Coronation Mauve Lilies-of-the-Valley Pelican Bouquet of Lilies Clock Pansy Trans-Siberian Railway Cockerel Basket of Wild Flowers Gatchina Palace Clover Leaf Empire Nephrite Peter the Great Royal Danish Moscow Kremlin Swan Rose Trellis Cradle with Garlands Alexander Palace Peacock Standart Yacht Alexander III Commemorative Colonnade Alexander III Equestrian Fifteenth Anniversary Bay Tree Tsarevich Napoleonic Romanov Tercentenary Winter Mosaic Grisaille Red Cross with Triptych Red Cross with Imperial Portraits Steel Military Order of St. George Karelian Birch Constellation (unfinished)

Fabergé Kelch Eggs	Twelve Panel Pine Cone Apple Blossom Rocaille Bonbonnière Chanticleer

Other Fabergé eggs	Blue Striped Enamel Duchess of Marlborough Rothschild Youssoupov Nobel Ice Resurrection Spring Flowers Scandinavian

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Alexander III Commemorative

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