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Fabergé egg (;
yaytsa faberzhe) is one of a limited number of
jeweled eggs created by
Peter Carl Fabergé and
his company between 1885 and 1917. The most famous are those made for the Russian Tsars
Alexander III and
Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their wives and mothers, often called the 'Imperial' Fabergé eggs. The House of Fabergé made about 50 eggs, of which 43 have survived. Two more were planned for Easter 1918, but were not delivered, due to the
Russian Revolution.