  Imperial Basket of Wild Flowers Egg Circa 1901. This exquisite egg is designed as a basket that contains an abundant and colorful bouquet of enameled wild flowers, complete with leaves and moss of gold. The white and blue egg is decorated with an elaborate trellis design accented with hand-cut Austrian crystals. The vase bears the date 1901, the year Czar Nicholas II presented the egg to Czarina Alexandra Fedorovna. Today, the Imperial Basket of Wild Flowers Egg is part of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection. 9" tall.
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