Czaress' easter eggs.
Czaress' easter eggs. Nicholas II gave this to his wife Alexandra to commemorae the building of the great Siberian railway. Egg and support are made of gold. Atop is the Russian eagle (double). Underneath griffons make up the insignia of the Romanov House. Map of the Siberian railway from Petersburg to Vladivostok is engraved. Inside the egg is the exact gold copy of the siberian train, the locomotive, baggage car, three coaches, and a chapel-coach, used on the Siberian train.
Thema's
Collectie
- NIOD
Type
- Foto
Identificatienummer van NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
- 35780
Trefwoorden
- Kunst
- Russen
- Vooroorlogse periode
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