Bouquet of Lilies Clock (Fabergé egg)
- Bouquet of Lilies Clock (Fabergé egg)
The Bouquet of Lilles Clock Egg (or the Madonna Lily Egg) is a jewelled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1899, for the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II.
Tsar Nicholas presented the egg to his wife, the Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna.
The egg is currently located at the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.
Craftsmanship
The egg-shaped clock and its rectangular pedestal are decorated with translucent enamel on a guilloche background. The body of the clock is divided into twelve parts which are outlined in diamond-studded stripes. The belt of the dial which revolves around the perimeter of the egg is enameled white with twelve Roman numerals set in diamonds. The hours are indicated by a diamond clock hand shaped like the head of an arrow in a drawn bow. The hand is fixed to an immobile onyx base. The base itself is decorated with rosettes and the date of its manufacture, 1899, is set in diamonds. It is designed as a vase with red-gold scrolls serving as extra supports at either side. A gold key was used to wind the mechanism.
The clock is crowned with a bouquet of Madonna lilies, carved from onyx. The pistils of the flowers are set with three small rose diamonds, and the leaves and stems are of tinted gold. The egg uses the language of flowers which was well known at the time. The roses were symbols of love and the lilies were a symbol of purity and innocence.
urprise
The surprise from this egg is currently missing, but it was a pendant made with ruby and rose-cut diamonds.
ee also
*Fabergé egg
*Egg decorating
External links
* [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fab/21/fab21.html A detailed article on the 'Bouquet of Lilles Clock Egg']
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