April 7, 2012 Fabreges Eggs

CaliforniaMama • Apr 7, 2012 7:44 pm
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[SIZE="2"]In the beginning, Tsar Alexander of Russia asked Faberges to create one new egg each year. Later, the future Tsar Nicholas II increased the order to two a year: one for his wife and one for his mother.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE="2"]The eggs are made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE="2"]The eggs represent an imperial Russia and the original pre-Bolshevik revolution eggs sell for millions of pounds. [/SIZE]

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SPUCK • Apr 8, 2012 5:48 am
That gold one is spec tack you ler.
Trilby • Apr 8, 2012 9:56 am
HIDEOUS!!!!
Gravdigr • Apr 8, 2012 3:35 pm
I don't know, I kinda like the one with the Kremlin inside.

The ivory-colored one, I suppose that's the Kremlin?
sandypossum • Apr 8, 2012 8:30 pm
No, it's the Hermitage, their winter palace. (Been there!)
Gravdigr • Apr 9, 2012 5:22 pm
Dangit!, that's what I was thinking about.

Hermitage.

Dammit.