Faberge Egg at Christies
Published November 26th, 2007
On Wednesday, Christies will auction a newly discovered Faberge egg, tipped to fetch up to nine million pounds.
Faberge, a Russian jeweller whose name is synonymous with extravagant craftsmanship, made 50 eggs for the Russian royal family but is only known to have created 12 eggs to similar standards for private clients.
The egg on sale this week was made for the Rothschild family in 1902 and contains a diamond-encrusted cockerel which pops out every hour to flap its wings and nod its head while opening and shutting its beak and crowing.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have it, it’s incredibly rare to have an egg of this quality, this one was virtually unknown,” said Anthony Philiips, International Director Of Silver and Russian Works of art at Christie’s.
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