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Between 1885 and 1917, Peter Carl Fabergé supervised the creation of fabulous jewelled eggs (possibly as many as 69, although only 57 are still known to have survived). the most famous of these were the 52 eggs created for the Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their mothers and wives.
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The Imperial Faberge eggs were opulent Easter eggs royally commissioned by the House of Romanov, the leaders of Russia. Approximately 52 of these pieces of art were carefully crafted, and today, they are considered priceless.
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The great jeweler Faberge created a series of Easter eggs for the Imperial family that rank among the all time greatest creations of the goldsmith's art. This is my first quiz on these opulent masterpieces. Please let me know what you think.
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I couldn't chose between the eggs Faberge created for the Russian Imperial family, so I've stretched them out through three quizzes. If you haven't played them yet, please try my Faberge Eggs quizzes I & II. Good luck and enjoy.
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After posting my first "Faberge Eggs" quiz. I found there was more than enough material for another. So here is quiz number two. If you like it please give Faberge Eggs III a try.
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Peter Carl Faberge Trivia Questions
1. The Imperial Easter Eggs were created between 1885 and 1917 for which two Tsars of Russia?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs

Answer: Alexander III and Nicholas II

The first egg was given by Tsar Alexander III to his wife Maria Feordorovna in 1885. After Alexander's death in 1894, his son Tsar Nicholas II continued the tradition, giving each year one to his mother Maria and one to his wife Alexandra Feordorovna, up to the fall of the dynasty during World War I in 1917.

2. In 1885, Peter Carl Faberge created what is appropriately known as "The First Imperial Easter Egg". On the exterior this strongly resembled a real hen's egg of white enamel. Like all the eggs, it containes a "surprise". What is in the "First Egg"?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs

Answer: A golden hen

"The First Imperial Egg" opens to reveal a golden yolk, inside of which, on a nest of golden straw, sits a hen of four color gold with ruby eyes. It was created for Easter of 1885.

3. The Rose Trellis Egg is "one of the prettiest, most feminine in the entire range of the Imperial Easter Eggs". What color of translucent enamel forms the background for the decoration?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs III

Answer: Light green

The body of this egg has a machine-turned all-over pattern under translucent light green enamel. A trellis of platinum is gently curved to the contours of the egg. Winding through the trellis is a golden vine of climbing roses with dark green enamel leaves and blossoms enameled in shades of pink. The date of 1907 is visible under a table cut diamond at the top. As with many of the Imperial eggs, the surprise inside has been lost.

4. At Easter, 1891, the Czar presented his wife with the "Azova" Egg. It is made of a semiprecious stone known as heliotrope overlaid with gold scrolls in the rococo style. What is another more common name for the mineral heliotrope?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs

Answer: Bloodstone

All of the choices are forms of quartz. The more common name of heliotrope is bloodstone, a dark green stone with flecks of red. Chrysoprase is a green mineral, ranging from a milky to nearly emerald shade. Chalcedony occurs in shade from gray-blue to blue, and carnelian is an orangey-red stone.

5. About 1909, the Czar presented a rock crystal egg containing a gold model of "The Standart" to his wife. The egg is of an elegant lapis blue, white and crystal color scheme. What was "The Standardt"?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs III

Answer: The Imperial family's favorite yacht

The transparent egg rests on its side atop a pedestal formed of two interlaced dolphins of lapis lazuli, a beautiful dark blue semi-precious stone. At each end of the egg is a golden Imperial eagle enameled in blue to match the dolphins, one has been damaged and lacks his diamond crown. From a diamond set scroll beneath each hangs a large teardrop pearl. Inside, meticulously detailed down to its threadlike rigging, the miniature yacht 'sails' on a sea made of a large aquamarine. The egg's large base is also of rock crystal, carved into tiers and ornamented with blue enamel bands and a diamond set encircling wreath with a top of white enamel and carved and ribbed gold.

6. Many times in these quizzes I've mentioned rose diamonds. They are Faberge's favorite form in which to use diamonds. What does rose diamond mean in the context which I've used it here?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs II

Answer: A dome shaped stone cut with triangular facets coming to a point

Faberge preferred to use the rose cut with their subdued glow in preference to the brighter sparkle and glitter of the brilliant cut. Presumably this is because they would be less obtrusive, and more of an accent to the overall design.

7. The first egg Czar Nicholas gave his mother after his father's death is named after its surprise, a miniature screen of ten panels depicting royal residences and two royal yachts of her native country. In what country was the Dowager Empress born?

From Quiz Faberge Eggs

Answer: Denmark

The Dowager Czarina Maria was born Princess Dagmar of Denmark. The "Danish Palace Egg" is one of the most elegant of an elegant series. It is enameled in opalescent pink with an overall pattern of small four-pointed stars. The egg is divided into twelve panels by gold bands set with diamonds and it is capped by a large star sapphire.

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