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A '''Fabergé egg''' ({{lang-ru|яйцо Фаберже|yaytso Faberzhe}}) is a jewelled egg created by the [[jewellery]] firm [[House of Fabergé]], in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. As many as 69 were created, of which 57 survive today. Virtually all were manufactured under the supervision of [[Peter Carl Fabergé]] between 1885 and 1917.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Love|first=Suzi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldpnBgAAQBAJ&dq=faberge+supervision&pg=RA1-PA1883|title=Easter In Images: Book 2 History Events|date=2014-04-01|publisher=Suzi Love|isbn=978-0-9923456-9-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Collinson|first1=Howard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ov1KAQAAIAAJ&q=faberge+peter+supervision|title=Documenting Design: Works on Paper in the European Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum|last2=Museum|first2=Royal Ontario|last3=Department|first3=Royal Ontario Museum European|date=1993|publisher=Royal Ontario Museum|isbn=978-0-8020-0557-1|language=en}}</ref> The most famous are his 52 "Imperial" eggs, 46 of which survive,. These eggs were made for the Russian emperors [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] and [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] as Easter gifts for theirAlexander's wiveswife and mothersNicholas's mother Empress [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Maria Feodorovna]], and Nicholas's wife [[Tsaritsa]] [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-faberge/faberge-eggs-marble-sausage-go-on-display-in-moscow-idUSTRE7364JS20110407| title=Faberge eggs, marble sausage go on display in Moscow| newspaper=Reuters| date=7 April 2011| access-date=30 August 2019| archive-date=30 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830033129/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-faberge/faberge-eggs-marble-sausage-go-on-display-in-moscow-idUSTRE7364JS20110407| url-status=live}}</ref> Fabergé eggs are worth millions of dollars and have become symbols of opulence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Suspected Fabergé egg found on Russian oligarch's superyacht, US investigators say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/21/suspected-faberge-egg-found-on-russian-oligarchs-superyacht-us-investigators-say |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721090600/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/21/suspected-faberge-egg-found-on-russian-oligarchs-superyacht-us-investigators-say |url-status=live }}</ref>

| 1898 || [[Lilies of the Valley (Fabergé egg)|Lilies of the Valley]] || [[File:Fabergé egg Rome 03.JPG|125px]] || Made under the supervision of Fabergé in 1898 by Fabergé ateliers. The supervising goldsmith was Michael Perchin. The egg is one of two in the [[Art Nouveau]] style. It was presented on 5 April to Tsar Nicholas II and given to thehis [[tsaritsa]]wife, [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna]]. || Viktor Vekselberg

| 1917 || [[Constellation (Fabergé egg)|Constellation]] || [[File:Constellation (Fabergé egg) original sketch.jpeg|125px]][[File:Constellation Faberge egg 01 by shakko.jpg|125px]] || Because of the 1917 February Revolution and [[Execution of the Romanov family|subsequent events]], this egg was never finished or presented to Nicholas's wife, the [[Tsaritsa]] [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]]. || [[Fersman Mineralogical Museum]], Moscow, Russia