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Tags: | Memory, Azov, Egg, Faberge, art, Easter, Russian, jeweller, Peter, Carl, Faberge, Tsar, AlexanderIII, Russia, gift, Tsarina, Maria, Feodorovna, Kremlin, Armoury, Museum, Moscow, voyage, Tsesarevich, Nicholas, cruiser, honor, Azov, battleship, Navarino, jasper, decorated, in, the, LouisXV, gold, rococo, diamonds, replica, August, Holmstrom, platinum, portholes, ship, aquamarine, rigging, lifeboats, guns, anchors, masts, stern |
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Date: | 02.11.2024 03:40 |
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Played: | 360 |
Description: The Memory of Azov is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge in 1891 for Tsar AlexanderIII of Russia, as an Easter gift to his wife, the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna. It is currently held in the Kremlin Armoury Museum in Moscow.
The Memory of Azov Egg (1891) commemorates the voyage by the Tsesarevich Nicholas and his brother Grand Duke George to the Far East in 1890-91, made at the suggestion of their parents to broaden the outlook of the future tsar and his younger brother, who suffered from tuberculosis.
The cruiser In Memory of the Azov was named in honor of the Azov, the first Russian battleship to be awarded the St. George flag for its role in the Battle of Navarino in 1827.
The egg is carved from a solid piece of heliotrope jasper, decorated in the LouisXV style with yellow gold rococo scrolls set, brilliant diamonds and chased gold flowers.
The egg contains an exact replica of the cruiser In Memory of the Azov, made by August Holmstrom, executed in red and yellow gold and platinum, and with portholes set with small diamonds.
The tiny ship, which rests on an aquamarine plate representing water, was reproduced down to the most minute details, with all the rigging, the platinum lifeboats, the movable guns and the anchors on chains, the web of fine golden masts and the microscopic letters of the name Azov emblazoned on the stern.
The Memory of Azov Egg (1891) commemorates the voyage by the Tsesarevich Nicholas and his brother Grand Duke George to the Far East in 1890-91, made at the suggestion of their parents to broaden the outlook of the future tsar and his younger brother, who suffered from tuberculosis.
The cruiser In Memory of the Azov was named in honor of the Azov, the first Russian battleship to be awarded the St. George flag for its role in the Battle of Navarino in 1827.
The egg is carved from a solid piece of heliotrope jasper, decorated in the LouisXV style with yellow gold rococo scrolls set, brilliant diamonds and chased gold flowers.
The egg contains an exact replica of the cruiser In Memory of the Azov, made by August Holmstrom, executed in red and yellow gold and platinum, and with portholes set with small diamonds.
The tiny ship, which rests on an aquamarine plate representing water, was reproduced down to the most minute details, with all the rigging, the platinum lifeboats, the movable guns and the anchors on chains, the web of fine golden masts and the microscopic letters of the name Azov emblazoned on the stern.
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