Easter Egg on Stand (c. 1900–1910): Art, History and Details

Easter Egg on Stand (c. 1900–1910) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Seated on an intricate miniature stand, this polished nephrite (jade) egg features a cabochon ruby on top and a hinged gold-leaf border that reveals the interior. Within the egg, on a bed of gold, is a nest of even smaller eggs. Each red, white, and green egg mirrors an aspect of the larger egg, recalling the cleverness and meticulous details found within every House of Fabergé object.

Object facts

• Title: Easter Egg on Stand
• Date: c. 1900–1910
• Creator attribution: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Miscellaneous
• Technique: jade mounted in gold, cabochon rubies, jade and purpurine
• Dimensions: Part 1: 5.6 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Part 2: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.434

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.

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