1903 - Peter the Great Egg
11.1 cm (4.4 inches). Statue 4 cm (1.6 inches
Name Peter the Great Egg
Date 1903
Provenance Presented by Nicholas II to Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna
Made in St. Petersburg
Work-master Mikhail Perkhin (Workmaster); Vasilii Zuiev (Painter of miniatures)
Marks MP, crossed anchors, 56
Materials red, green, and yellow gold, platinum, diamonds, rubies, sapphire, enamel, ivory, bronze, rock crystal
Dimensions 11,1 x 8,3 cm diameter (4" 3/8 high x 3" 1/4) - statue: 4 cm (1"9/16)
Kept in Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection)