Twelve Monograms (Fabergé egg)
[1] It was presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.It is currently held in the Hillwood Museum in Washington, D.C., as part of the Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection.It is covered by six panels each divided by bands set with rose-cut diamonds and decorated with the Imperial crown and Imperial monograms (MF) "Maria Fyodorovna" and (AIII) "Alexander III".[3][4][5] The 1896 Twelve Monograms Egg is held at the Hillwood Museum in Washington, D.C.It is believed that this egg contained six miniatures of Alexander III painted on an ivory background and mounted with sapphires.