Faberge Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies

A magnificently illustrated volume devoted to the jewelled extravagances created for the last Tsars of Russia. Gem-set surprise eggs, singing gold birds hidden in jade-leafed trees, miniature paddle streamers of gilt silver, fames of crystal and fans set with diamonds and ostrich feathers - these are just a few of the dazzling fantasies created by the House of Fabergé to amuse Russia's ill-fated Imperial Family in the twilght years of the Russian Empire...