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Alexander III Portraits (Fabergé egg)

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The Alexander III Portraits egg is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1896, for Nicholas II of Russia.^[1]

It was presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. The egg is one of four commemorating Alexander III; the other three are the missing Empire Nephrite (1902) and Alexander III Commemorative (1909) eggs and the Alexander III Equestrian egg (1910).^[2] It is one of eight Faberge eggs that are currently lost and it may have been lent to a London Exhibition in 1935.

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It is believed that this egg contained six miniatures of Emperor Alexander III on an ivory background.

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Imperial Easter Eggs	Hen Hen with Sapphire Pendant Blue Serpent Clock Cherub with Chariot Nécessaire Danish Palaces Memory of Azov Diamond Trellis Caucasus Renaissance Rosebud 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

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