Top 15 AMAZING FABERGE SCULPTURES. + incredible sculptures by modern masters

The House of Fabergé was the greatest Russian jewellery firm of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is most famous today for the spectacular Imperial Easter Eggs produced for the Russian royal family, but almost six hundred of its other creations are also represented in the Royal Collection. These include exquisite animal sculptures, cigarette cases and presentation boxes, as well as flower carvings, photograph frames and jewellery. #faberge #fabergeanimals #carlfaberge Fabergé pieces largely entered the Collection as gifts exchanged by the Russian, Danish and British royal families. Queen Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII, frequently received Fabergé works as birthday and Christmas presents from her sister, Tsarina Marie Feodorovna of Russia. King Edward VII meanwhile expanded the collection by commissioning portrait sculptures of his favourite pets and other animals on the Sandringham Estate. Although the Russian Revolution forced the Fabergé firm's closure in 1918, royal fascination with its work endured. In the 1930s, King George V and Queen Mary purchased the three Imperial Easter Eggs now in the Collection – the Basket of Flowers Egg, the Colonnade Egg and the Mosaic Egg. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother also formed an outstanding collection of flower sculptures, ornaments and boxes.