Fabergé, Imperial Tsesarevich Easter Egg (detail), 1912, workmaster Henrik Wigström. Bequest of Lillian Thomas Pratt, 47.20.34
- Type: Artist Video
- Collection: Decorative Arts, Faberge
- Culture/Region: Europe
- Subject Area: Visual Arts
- Grade Level: 6-12, college, adult
The Imperial Tsesarevich Easter Egg, created by workmaster Henrik Wigström, has six lapis lazuli segments with doubleheaded eagles, winged caryatids, hanging canopies, scrolls, flower baskets, and sprays that conceal the joints. It is set with a large solitaire diamond at the base, and a table diamond (a thin, flat diamond) on top over the Cyrillic monogram AF (for Alexandra Feodorovna) and the date 1912. The surprise found inside is a portrait painted on ivory, front and back, of the tsesarevich in a diamond-set, double-headed eagle standing on a lapis lazuli pedestal. In addition to assisting Perkhin with 26 imperial eggs, Henrik Wigström produced 20 to 21 additional eggs between 1906 and 1916, including this masterpiece.