For the imperial families at the helm of Russia’s empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, even Easter eggs were sometimes made of diamonds. Between 1885 and 1916, the luxury jewelry firm ...

Tsar Nicholas II gifted the Winter Egg to Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1913, five years before he was murdered along with his wife and children after the Russian Revolution. The egg went under ...

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A jewel-studded gift, originally for the mother of Russia’s last emperor, has sold for a record £22.9m at auction in London. The exquisite Winter Egg, commissioned in 1913 by Emperor Nicholas II for ...

A Faberge egg, commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913, is poised to fetch over £20 million at auction. Known as the Winter Egg, this exquisite piece was an Easter gift for his mother, Dowager ...

LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution shattered records Tuesday as it sold at auction for 22.9 million pounds ($30 ...

Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for Russia’s czars. The Winter Egg, sold on Tuesday, is considered one of the jewelry house’s greatest creations. By Jin Yu Young A crystal ...

(CNN) — One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold Tuesday for £22.9 million ($30.2 million), with fees, breaking its own record as the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever to ...

The Imperial Tsesarevich Easter Egg currently on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Wikimedia Commons Most people get chocolate bunnies or plastic candy-filled eggs as presents on Easter, ...

LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution is going up for auction, valued at more than 20 million pounds ($26.4 ...