COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1963.673
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Fabergé, Peter Carl
Creator Nationality:
European; Eastern European; Russian
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1846 - 1920
Biography:
Supplied most of the gifts exchanged by relatives of the imperial family in Russia, Denmark, Germany, and England for christenings, name days, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter.
Gender:
M
Creator Birth Place:
St. Petersberg, Russia
Creator Death Place:
Switzerland
Creator Name-CRT:
Peter Carl Fabergé
Creator Name:
Wigström, Henrik
Creator Nationality:
European; Eastern European; Russian
Creator Role:
fabricated by
Creator Dates/Places:
1860
Gender:
M
Creator Birth Place:
Finland
Creator Name-CRT:
Henrik Wigström
Title:
Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1915
Creation Start Date:
1915
Creation End Date:
1915
Materials and Techniques:
gold, silver, enamel, glass
Classification Term:
Miscellaneous
Dimensions:
Overall: 8.6cm x 6.35cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1963.673
Credit Line:
The India Early Minshall Collection
Inscriptions:
inscribed (interior of egg): symbols for Alpha and Omega and imperial crown for Alexandra Feodorovna; 1915; inscriptions in Cyrillic, Old Church Slavonic, and Roman letters which identify Sts. Olga and Tatiana and presumably describe the central scene of the triptych. Inscribed (on velvet case): double-headed eagle, Fabergé, Petersburg, Moscow, London, all in Cyrillic on lining of case; 17.559, abbreviation for 'Red Cross' in Cyrillic in ink on outside of case.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1963.673.tif
