The Clover Leaf egg is a jewelled

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made under the supervision of the

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jeweller

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in 1902 for

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of Russia. It was presented by Nicholas as an Easter gift to his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. It is currently held in the

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Museum in

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, and it is one of the few imperial

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s that were never sold after the

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Design

The Clover Leaf egg is made of an

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pattern of stems and leaves of

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forming the shape of an egg. The gaps between the metal outline of the leaves are covered with transparent bright green enamel. A very thin golden ribbon paved with

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curls through the foliage. At the time, the production of transparent enamel was still a new method, and often suffered from problems while cooling. There are no flaws in the enamel of the Clover Leaf Egg, but it is considered too fragile to travel.

Surprise

The surprise in the egg has been lost but according to archives it was a four-leaf clover with twenty-three diamonds, and four miniature portraits of the four daughters of the Tsar: Olga,

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, and

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Description at wintraecken.nl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clover Leaf (Faberge Egg) Imperial Fabergé eggs 1902 works Fabergé in the Moscow Kremlin Museums

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