{"id":4685,"date":"2023-07-23T07:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T07:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:12:03","slug":"4685","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/?p=4685","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9897.jpg\" alt=\"Faberg\u00e9 And The Russian Crafts Tradition:\nAn Empire's Legacy\nGatchina Palace Egg\nHouse of Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, est. 1842) (Manufacturer)\nMikhail Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903) (Workmaster)\nPeter Carl Faberg\u00e9 (1846-1920) (Other)\n1901\ngold, &quot;en plein&quot; enamel, silver-gilding, portrait diamonds, rock crystal, and seed pearls\n(18th and 19th Centuries )\nAs far back as antiquity, decorated eggs have been given to celebrate the blossoming of nature in the springtime. The tradition was taken up by the Church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter.\nIn 1885, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their engagement, Tsar Alexander III had the idea of giving an Easter egg to his wife Marie Fedorovna. This was the first in a long tradition, perpetuated by his son Nicholas II, who, after Alexander III's death, continued to give them to his mother and his wife.\nTo make these eggs, the Tsar called on the Faberg\u00e9 family. This family of Huguenots left France in the 17th century, following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Faberg\u00e9s settled in St. Petersburg in 1842, where they quickly established a successful jewelry house.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1648\" width=\"1648\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\tFirm of Peter Carl Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, ca. 1870-1920)<br \/>\nGatchina Palace Egg<br \/>\ngold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls<br \/>\nexecuted in 1901\nProvenance<br \/>\nAcquired by Henry Walters, 1930<br \/>\nCollection of Walters Art Museum\n\t<strong>Faberg\u00e9 And The Russian Crafts Tradition:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>An Empire&#8217;s Legacy<\/strong>\nGatchina Palace Egg<br \/>\nHouse of Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, est. 1842) (Manufacturer)<br \/>\nMikhail Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903) (Workmaster)<br \/>\nPeter Carl Faberg\u00e9 (1846-1920) (Jeweler)\n<p>As far back as antiquity, decorated eggs have been given to celebrate the blossoming of nature in the springtime. The tradition was taken up by the Church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter.<\/p>\n<p>In 1885, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their engagement, Tsar Alexander III had the idea of giving an Easter egg to his wife Marie Fedorovna. This was the first in a long tradition, perpetuated by his son Nicholas II, who, after Alexander III&#8217;s death, continued to give them to his mother and his wife.<\/p>\n<p>To make these eggs, the Tsar called on the Faberg\u00e9 family. This family of Huguenots left France in the 17th century, following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Faberg\u00e9s settled in St. Petersburg in 1842, where they quickly established a successful jewelry house.<\/p>\n<p>After this first egg, which the Tsarina loved, Peter Karl Faberg\u00e9 was given carte blanche to imagine the craziest eggs, in the most precious materials: crystal, gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, enamel&#8230; He had only one constraint: the egg had to contain a surprise related to the imperial family.<\/p>\n<p>In all, 54 eggs will be made for the Tsar and his family, and 17 for private clients.<\/p>\n<p>The egg you can taste today was presented by Nicholas II to his mother in 1901. Made by Mikhail Perkhine for Faberg\u00e9, it conceals a miniature gold replica of Gatchina Palace, the imperial family&#8217;s property south of St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently at the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Maryland), which took the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>When the Russian Revolution brought about the fall of the Romanovs, the eggs were looted and scattered around the world.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm of Peter Carl Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, ca. 1870-1920) Gatchina Palace Egg gold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls executed in 1901 Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930 Collection of Walters Art Museum Faberg\u00e9 And The Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire&#8217;s Legacy Gatchina Palace Egg House of Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, est. 1842) (Manufacturer) Mikhail &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,5,14,378],"tags":[383,382,384],"class_list":["post-4685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antiquities","category-archive","category-dignitaries-collectors-collections","category-museums","tag-gatchina-palace-egg","tag-peter-carl-faberge","tag-walters-art-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thucdoan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}