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The Coronation Egg, 1 897, is believed the most precious of Faberge's eggs. A table diamond decorates the top of the egg, beneath which the Imperial monogram of the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna is set with diamonds and rubies. At the bottom of the egg the date "1897" is engraved below a table diamond. As a surprise, The Coronation Egg contains a miniature replica of the coach Horse charm bracelet in which Tsar Nicholas Il and the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna rode. The coach is made of gold, platinum, enamel and set with jewels. It is executed in minute detail: tiny steps fold down the interior, when the coach's doors are opened. Measures: height: 5 inches (egg) and 3.6 inches (coach). Photo courtesy of "Faberge in Berlin." Collection of Dr. Viktor F. Vekselberg. LEFT: The Imperial Czarevitch Easter Egg, 1912, is made of lapis lazuli, gold and diamonds and includes a diamond-encrusted miniature frame inside with a portrait of the young son of Nicholas II. Photo by Katherine Wetzel, 漏 2003 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Lilies of the Valley Egg of 1 898 is designed in the Art Nouveau style. The egg is adorned with the favorite flowers and the favorite jewels - pearls and diamonds - of the young Empress. As a surprise, it contains miniatures of her husband and two daughters, Olga (born 1 895) and Tatiana (born 1897) (leffj. The pictures were provided by the painter Zehngraf, the date lies engraved in the reverse of the miniatures. Photo courtesy of "Faberge in Berlin. " Collection of Dr. Viktor F Vekselberg. Heart tag charm Toggle bracelet THE HOUSE OF FABERG  WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME BEST KNOWN FOR THE IMPERIAL EASTER EGGS, WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN 1885, WHEN TSAR ALEXANDER III COMMISSIONED THE DESIGN OF A SPECIAL EGG AS A GIFT FOR HIS WIFE, THE EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA. ABOVE, left. Tsar Nicholas Il and family, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, and Grand Duke Alexei Nikolaevich, ca. 1910. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. ABOVE, right The Rosebud egg, 1895, varicolored gold, enamel, diamonds, velvet lining, 2.7 h. For decades The Rosebud egg had been believed to have been lost. It was the first egg Heart tag charm necklace to have been presented by Tsar Nicholas Il to his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. The top of the egg holds a miniature portrait of Tsar Nicholas II. At the base of the egg, the date is engraved below a diamond. A yellow hinged rosebud is hidden within, which originally carried two additional surprises: a miniature model of the Imperial crown and an eggshaped ruby pendant. These two surprises both had already been extracted from the egg when it was sold in 1920 by the Soviet government. Their whereabouts today remain unknown. Photo courtesy of "Faberge in Berlin." Collection of Dr. Viktor F. Vekselberg.