Hen Egg

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The Hen Egg is a jeweled Imperial Fabergé egg, renowned as one of the earliest and most iconic examples of the luxurious Easter eggs crafted for the Russian royal family.

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Label Occurrences
Hen Egg canonical 1
Imperial Pelican Egg 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Fabergé egg ⓘ
jeweled egg ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artMovement decorative arts ⓘ
associatedWith Easter ⓘ
Russian court culture ⓘ
city Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
collection Imperial Fabergé eggs ⓘ
linked to: Fabergé egg
commissionedBy Alexander III of Russia ⓘ
commissionedForOccasion Easter 1885 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
creator Peter Carl Fabergé ⓘ
culturalHeritage Russian imperial treasure ⓘ
currentLocation Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
depicts hen ⓘ
designedFor Russian imperial family ⓘ
linked to: House of Romanov
dimension small decorative egg ⓘ
genre luxury object ⓘ
hasColor golden (hen) ⓘ
white (outer shell) ⓘ
yellow (yolk) ⓘ
hasPart golden yolk ⓘ
miniature crown (lost) ⓘ
miniature hen ⓘ
miniature ruby pendant (lost) ⓘ
outer white enamel shell ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
inception 1885 ⓘ
madeFor Empress consort of Russia ⓘ
manufacturer House of Fabergé ⓘ
materialUsed enamel ⓘ
gold ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
notableFeature contains multiple nested surprises ⓘ
miniature hen modeled in gold ⓘ
white enamel exterior resembling a real egg ⓘ
owner Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
presentedTo Maria Feodorovna ⓘ
relatedTo Imperial Coronation Egg ⓘ
linked to: Fabergé egg

Rosebud Egg ⓘ
other Imperial Fabergé eggs ⓘ
significance first Imperial Fabergé egg ⓘ
one of the earliest Fabergé eggs ⓘ
prototype for later Imperial eggs ⓘ
style Russian Revival ⓘ
subjectOf Fabergé scholarship ⓘ
use Easter gift ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michael Perkhin → notableWork → Imperial Pelican Egg ⓘ
linked to: Hen Egg