Faberge

Imperial Gatchina Palace Egg Reguarded as one as Faberge s best compostions this superb delicate egg is enameled opalescent white the shell engraved on a gold moire guilloche ground It is divided vertically into six pannels by strips of tiny seed pearls and horizontally at its hinged centre The sections are decorated with pink ribbon-tied swags and roses which hand classical motifs and symbols of the arts and sciences When the egg is opened a wonderfully rendered model of the Gatchina Palace nea