Cradle with Garlands (Fabergé egg)

Cradle with Garlands Fabergé egg
Year delivered	1907
Customer	Nicholas II
Recipient	Maria Feodorovna
Current owner
Individual or institution	Private collection
Year of acquisition	1992
Design and materials
Workmaster	Henrik Wigström
Materials used	Enamel, gold and jewels
Surprise	Miniature of the imperial children (missing)

The Cradle with Garlands egg (also known as the Love Trophies egg) is an Imperial Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-four jeweled enameled Easter eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family.

It was an Easter 1907 gift for Tsarina Maria Feodorovna from her son Tsar Nicholas II, who had a standing order of two Fabergé Easter eggs every year, one for his mother and one for his wife. Its Easter 1907 counterpart, presented to the Tsar's wife, is the Rose Trellis egg.

Design

It is designed by Henrik Wigström in the Louis XVI style, made of varicolored golds with translucent pale blue and green enamel, and encrusted with jewels.

Surprise

The surprise within the egg is missing. According to Fabergé's invoice, the surprise was a miniature of the imperial children.

History

The egg was last exhibited in 1989 in San Diego. It was sold by Sotheby's New York and is thought to be in a private U.S. collection.

Further reading

• Faber, Toby (2008). Fabergé's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6550-9.
• Fabergé, Tatiana; Prole, Lynette; Skurlov, Valentin V. (1997). The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs. Loondon: Christie's Books. ISBN 978-0-903432-48-1.
• Hill, Gerald (2007). Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths. New York: Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-9970-0.
• Lowes, Will; McCanless, Christel Ludewig (2001). Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3946-5.

External links

• Website by Annemiek Wintraecken, details on each of the Fabergé Eggs