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Colonnade Egg Clock
This Imperial Easter Egg which incorporates a rotary clock in its design, the movement supplied to Faberg by Henry Moser & Cie is in the form of a classical temple. The colonnade of pale green bowenite columns supports the pink guilloch enamelled egg, surmounted by a cupid.
Contributors
- King George V, King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) [acquirer]
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1st son of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918) [commissioner]
Creator
- Henrik Emanuel Wigstrm (1862-1923) [workmaster]
- Faberg [jeweller]
- Henry Moser and Cie [clockmaker]
Subject
- Columns
- Colonnades
- Swags-Flowers
- Birds
- Pigeons & doves
Type of item
- eggs
- clocks
- mantel clocks
- ornaments
- clocks
- mantel clocks
- ornaments (object genre)
- http://udcdata.info/061741
- Furnishings (hierarchy name)
Medium
- gold
- enamel
- bowenite
- diamond
- platinum
- gold (metal)
- enamel (fused coating)
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300379310
- diamond (mineral)
- platinum (metal)
- Gold
- Vitreous enamel
Contributors
- King George V, King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) [acquirer]
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1st son of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918) [commissioner]
Creator
- Henrik Emanuel Wigstrm (1862-1923) [workmaster]
- Faberg [jeweller]
- Henry Moser and Cie [clockmaker]
Subject
- Columns
- Colonnades
- Swags-Flowers
- Birds
- Pigeons & doves
Type of item
- eggs
- clocks
- mantel clocks
- ornaments
- clocks
- mantel clocks
- ornaments (object genre)
- http://udcdata.info/061741
- Furnishings (hierarchy name)
Medium
- gold
- enamel
- bowenite
- diamond
- platinum
- gold (metal)
- enamel (fused coating)
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300379310
- diamond (mineral)
- platinum (metal)
- Gold
- Vitreous enamel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- 1910
- 1910
Places
- Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg
Current location
- Λονδίνο
Provenance
- Royal Collection Trust, London
Identifier
- 40084
- 046
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Royal Collection/046
Extent
- 28.6 x 17.0 cm (whole object)
Year
- 1910
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:25:38.955Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z