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The Romanov's Faberge egg!
Posted: Jun 26, 2018 by: Charles Porter (charlesp19) on: BLJS Blog The World Cup
The Romanov Tercentenary Egg is made of gold, silver, rose-cut and portrait diamonds, turquiose, purpurine, rock crystals, Vitreous enamel and water colour on ivory. It is 190 mm in height and 78 mm in diameter. The egg celebrates the tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty, the three hundred years of Romanov rule from 1613 to 1913. The outside contains eighteen portraits of the Romanov Tsars of Russia. The egg is decorated in a chased gold pattern with double-headed eagles as well as past and present Romanov crowns which frame the portraits of the Tsars. Each miniature portrait, painted by miniaturist Vassily Zuiev, is on ivory and is bordered by rose-cut diamonds. The inside of the egg is opalescent white enamel. The egg sits on a pedestal that represents the Imperial doublein gold, with double-headed eagle talons holding the Imperial scepter, orb and Romanov sword. The pedestal is supported by a purpurine base that represents the Russian Imperial shield.
Among the 18 rulers represented are Michael, the first of the Romanov dynasty in 1613, as well as Peter the Great(1682–1725), Catherine the Great (1762–1796), and Nicholas II himself as the final Tsar in 1913.
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Show CommentsThis doesn't need to be about football, it could be about the geography or history of the regions (Not the nether regions, the countries and cities).
“I have nothing against football. It just seems very wasteful losing 2 hours of my life to watch 22 millionaires on TV chasing a bag of wind in their underwear.”