The Fabulous Faberg� Eggs of The Russian Imperial Family
Easter is the most important celebration for Russian orthodox Christians, just like Christmas is in the West. Devoted Christians bring hand-painted eggs to the Church to be blessed, and then present them to family and friends.
In 1885, Russian Tsar Alexander III too decided to gift his wife an Easter egg, but this wasn�t going to be an ordinary chicken egg, because it wasn�t an ordinary year. 1885 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Czar and his wife Czarina Maria Fedorovna�s marriage, and the Czar needed an exceptional gift to impress his wife. So Alexander commissioned Peter Carl Faberg�, the royal jeweler, to create for him the most precious Easter egg.
