THE TRAFALGAR EGG. AN ENAMEL, SILVER-GILT AND PARCEL-GILT METAL COMMEMORATIVE EGG, THEO FABERGÉ, BIRMINGHAM, 2004

THE TRAFALGAR EGG. AN ENAMEL, SILVER-GILT AND PARCEL-GILT METAL COMMEMORATIVE EGG, THEO FABERGÉ, BIRMINGHAM, 2004

the upper section applied with reliefs of the Battle of Trafalgar and a replica of Admiral Lord Nelson's Naval Medal on translucent blue enamel over chevron engine-turning, surmounted by a Russian Imperial crown set with a cabochon sapphire, the egg opening to reveal a parcel-gilt metal bust of Nelson, after Flaxman, the base applied with rope-festooned anchors, spreading foot, the underside inscribed 'Theo Fabergé / Sarah Fabergé / No. 5', in fitted case

18cm., 7⅛in. high

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