Russian Royal Imperial Art Collection - items produced by Imperial Jeweler Faberge 
There was a tradition of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) giving his Empress a surprise Easter Egg by Carl Faberge'.

From 1887, it appears that Carl Faberge' was given complete freedom as to the design of the Imperial Easter Eggs as they became more elaborate. According to the Faberge' Family tradition, not even the Tsar knew what egg form they would take: the only stipulation was that each one should contain a surprise.


The House of Faberge' completed 54 Imperial Eggs for Alexander III to present to his Empress and for Nicholas II to present to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna and his wife the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna.