Nécessaire (Fabergé egg)
It was crafted and delivered to the then Tsar of Russia, Alexander III who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna on Easter day 1889.[1] While the exact appearance of the egg is not known, it is described in the 1917 inventory of confiscated imperial treasure as being decorated with "multi-colored stones and brilliants, rubies, emeralds and sapphires."[1] The surprise was that egg was essentially an etui, or necessaire, with 13 diamond-encrusted implements and toilet articles.It was shown at Wartski's in 1949 as part of the first dedicated exhibition of Faberge's works in Europe.In an article on the egg, Wartski states, "It was last recorded [on our premises] on the 19th June 1952 when it was sold to a buyer named as 'A Stranger' for £1250 ...