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| Name | Cradle with Garlands Egg (or Love Trophy Egg) |  |
| Date | 1907 |
| Provenance | Presented by Nicholas II to Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna |
| Made in | St Petersburg |
| Work-master | Henrik Wigström |
| Materials | gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, pearls |
| Dimensions | Height: 14,6 cm |
| Kept in | Private Collection, Robert M. Lee, USA |
| Value | $3,100,000 |
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This gold Egg in the Louis XVI style, is enameled translucent pale blue and decorated with a band composed of painted enamel roses and translucent emerald green enameled leaves, panels of oyster enamel and bands of scrolls and acanthus in colored gold. The Egg is supported in a gold cradle by four columns modeled as love trophies with Cupid's sets of arrows set with diamonds. The whole is supported on a carved oval white onyx base and stands on four bun feet in chased colored gold.
The now missing surprise was made of white enamel, ruby, pearls, rose-cut diamonds, watercolor (possibly on ivory), probably gold. According to the original invoice the surprise was a miniature of all the imperial children. (source: http://www.mieks.com/Faberge2/Eggs.htm)
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