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Theo Fabergé designed his Red Admiral Egg as a token to the beauty and fragility of nature. He was inspired by his and by Carl Fabergé’s love of flower surprises, thus following the family tradition but within his own style.
The Egg is made using materials and techniques made famous by the Fabergé family. The Red Admiral Egg is engine turned and then guilloché enameled in rich red, one of the most difficult and individual enamel colors to achieve. The exterior surfaces are ornamented in gold and silver with the leaves and seed pods of exquisite passion flowers. The base is ornamentally turned on Theo Fabergé’s Holzapffel lathe dating from 1861.
Open the Egg to reveal the surprise; a red admiral butterfly fashioned in gold and silver, its wings hand enameled and set with ten sparkling diamonds, settles on an enameled passion flower. The flower’s support, an engine turned bowl standing on a plinth bearing the full British hallmark. Each Egg is numbered and bears Theo Fabergé’s name.
Limited Edition 50
Height approximately 6¼ inches
MacKerr Associates, Inc. / St. Petersburg Collection® 1997-2024
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