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Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal. [ 2 ] It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall.
A 1920s photo showing the egg with its three original surprises; a yellow rosebud, a miniature version of the Russian Imperial crown and a ruby pendant. The side of the crown is shown instead of the front. It has been suggested that the Lapis Lazuli egg might actually be a Fauxbergé made to contain the original surprises of the Rosebud egg ...
The flowers used to make the wreath were generally fresh, paper or waxen and were attached onto a band of stiff paper backing covered with a ribbon. [ 6 ] The wreath varied in many of the regions of Ukraine; young women throughout the country wore various headdresses of yarn, ribbon, coins, feathers, and grasses, but these all had the same ...
A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; [1] Ancient Greek: στέφανος, romanized: stéfanos, Latin: corona), [2] is a headdress or headband made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn on celebrations, festive occasions and holy days, having a long history and association with ancient pageants ...
In collaboration with Fabergé expert Géza von Habsburg new designs for eggs and jewellery were marketed worldwide. The first contemporary Fabergé jewellery and egg collection was presented to the alleged heir to the Russian crown, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, in Munich, Germany in 1991.
The egg exterior primarily consists of lapis lazuli, a deep-blue metamorphic rock. It is also made up of gold, enamel, pearls, diamonds, and rubies. [3] [4] Inside the egg is a decorative orb (a "yolk") that can be opened to reveal a miniature imperial crown as well as a small ruby. [5] The egg is unmarked. [6]
The egg opens to reveal a golden "yolk" within, which opened to reveal a golden hen sitting on golden straw. [12] Inside the hen lay a miniature diamond replica of the Imperial crown and a ruby pendant, [12] though these two elements have been lost. [13] It was given to the tsarina on 1 May 1885. [11] The egg cost 4,151 rubles. [8]
The Spring Flowers egg, sometimes referred to as the Imperial Spring Flowers egg, was considered one of the Imperial Easter eggs attributed to Peter Carl Fabergé (and therefore one of the Fabergé eggs). If it is an authentic Imperial egg, then the Spring Flowers egg would have been the first in the series of "flower eggs" and would have been ...