The Scandinavian egg, also known as the Quisling egg, is an
enamelled Easter egg made by
Michael Perchin
Michael Evlampievich Perkhin (russian: Михаи́л Евла́мпиевич Пе́рхин) (1860-1903) was an Imperial Russian jeweler. Born in Prionezhsky District, Okulovskaya in Olonets Governorate (now Republic of Karelia), he moved to ...
under the supervision of the
Russia
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n jeweller
Peter Carl Fabergé between 1899 and 1903.
The egg was made for a
St. Petersburg client, one of the very few
Fabergé eggs that were not made for the
Russian Imperial Family.
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Design
The egg opens to reveal an enamelled yolk, which contains a miniature hen.
History
Rediscovered in an Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
bank safe, among the possessions of Maria Quisling, the widow of World War II fascist collaborator Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germ ...
, it was acquired by Malcolm Forbes for his Fabergé collection in the 1980s.
The Forbes Collection was sold in 2004 to Viktor Vekselberg
Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (russian: Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг, uk, Віктор Феліксович Вексельберг; born April 14, 1957) is a Ukrainian-born Russian–Israeli-Cyprus oligarch, billion ...
for almost $100 million.Energy Tribune
See also
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Egg decorating
References
External links
A detailed article on the "Scandinavian" egg from imperialtresuresofrussia.com
from Mieks Fabergé Eggs
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Fabergé eggs
1890s works
1900s works
Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia