1897 - Coronation
This superb red gold egg enamelled translucent line yellow on an
engraved
field, is enclosed by a green gold laurel leaf trellis-work cage mounted at
each intersection by a yellow gold Imperial double-headed eagle enamelled
opaque black, and set with a rose diamond. A large portrait diamond is set in
the top of the egg within a cluster of ten brilliant diamonds; through the
table of this stone, the monogram of the Empress is seen. Amother, smaller,
portrait diamond is set within a cluster of rose diamonds at the end of the
egg, beneath which the date is inscribed on a similar plaque.
Concealed inside this elaborate shell is an exact replica of the
Imperial
coach used in 1896 at the Coronation of Nicholas and Alexandra in Moscow. In
yellow gold and strawberry coloured translucent enamel, the coach is
surmounted by the Imperial Crown in rose diamonds and six double-headed eagles
on the roof; it is fitted with engraved rock crystal windows and platinum
tyres, and is decorated with a diamond-set trellis in gold and an Imperial
eagle in diamonds at either door.
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