Research page - CORONATION EGG 1897

B. MICHAEL PERCHIN & HENRIK WIGSTRÖM

 THE TWO MASTER JEWELERS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING

THE FABERGÉ EGGS WERE MICHAEL PERCHIN AND FINNISH-
BORN HENRIK WIGSTRÖM.
 BORN IN 1860, PERCHIN BECAME THE LEADING WORKMASTER IN
THE HOUSE OF FABERGÉ IN 1886 AND SUPERVISED PRODUCTION
OF THE EGGS UNTIL 1903.
 THOSE EGGS, INCLUDING THE CORONATION FABERGÉ EGG8, HE
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVE HIS MP (MP- MICHAEL PERCHIN)
MARKINGS.
 ALL SIGNED EGGSMADE AFTER 1903 BEAR HENRIK WIGSTROM'S
HW MARK.
 HENRIK WIGSTROM WAS THE HEAD WORKMASTER OF THE
HOUSE OF FABERGÉ.

D. MATERIAL AND ETC.

MATERIAL AND COLOUR: VARICOLORED GOLD, TRANSLUCENT

LIME-YELLOW AND OPAQUE BLACK AND BLUE ENAMEL,
DIAMONDS, OFF-WHITE VELVET LINING.

HEIGHT OF EGG: 127 MM. (5 IN.)