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1903 Bonbonniere Royal Russian Egg Faberge Inspired

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1903 Bonbonniere Royal Russian Egg Faberge Inspired
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1903 Bonbonniere Royal Russian Egg 5 Inches Tall (on a stand) X 2.3 Inches Wide 12.7 cm Tall (on a stand) X 5.84 cm Wide Enameled Gold Plated Pewter Hand Painted Gift Boxed This hand-painted sparkling egg is adorned with a high-polished blue enamel with golden trim. It is decorated with gold enameled garlands. This beauty stands on a golden stand. The egg opens on a hinge and closes shut with a magnet, to keep the box securely shut. The piece comes in a beautiful gift box. Egg History: Year delivered 1903  Customer Alexander Kelch  The Bonbonniere egg is one of the Faberge eggs created in the workshop of Peter Carl Faberge for the wealthy Russian industrialist Alexander Kelch who presented it to his wife as an Easter gift in 1903. Because it was not a gift from a Russian tsar to his tsarina, it is not considered an "imperial" Faberge egg but rather, in this instance, is called one of the seven "Kelch" eggs. It is the sixth egg in this series. A bonbonniere is a candy box (lit. a bearer of bonbons) in French. It is made of gold, diamonds, chalcedony, pearls, transparent white enamel, a velvet. The miniature box "surprise" inside the main box/ egg is made of agate and has been decorated with brilliant cut stones and a cabochon ruby. Inside this, there is a pendant of gold and enamel.