The Easter Egg That Started a Dynasty | VERSO

In 1885, Czar Alexander III wanted to surprise his wife with an Easter gift. She was Danish, had lived in Russia for twenty-one years, and still missed home. He asked his jeweler, Peter Carl Fabergé, for something small and personal.
Fabergé delivered a white enameled gold shell. Simple on the outside. Inside, a golden yolk. The yolk opened to a golden hen. The hen opened to a miniature imperial crown set with diamonds. The crown held a tiny ruby egg.
Alexander was so impressed he gave Fabergé a standing commission: one Easter egg, every year. One rule only — there must always be at least one surprise hidden inside.
Over the next thirty-two years, Fabergé made fifty imperial eggs for the Romanovs. When the revolution came in 1917, several disappeared. Forty-six still exist.
The first egg — the one with the crown and the hen and the yolk — fits in the palm of your hand.
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