Karelian Birch Egg
decorative egg [1917]
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The Karelian Birch Egg was one of two Imperial eggs being created by Peter Carl Fabergé in 1917 when the Russian Revolution occurred. These decorative eggs, known as Fabergé eggs, were lavish creations made for the Romanov family as Easter gifts. The Karelian Birch Egg was intended to have a wooden shell containing a jewel-encrusted mechanical elephant. However, due to the revolution, the egg was never delivered, and the House of Fabergé was seized by the government.12
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