The House of Faberge gained the worldwide recognition owned to its perfect style, singularity of the ideas of their masters, and delicate approach to design of each masterpiece.
Easter eggs are the most famous works of Faberge masters. Faberge workshops created 56 imperial eggs for Alexander III and his son and the throne heir, Nicholas II. Every Easter egg was the gift for czarinas Maria and Alexandra.

There are only 47 extant Faberge imperial Easter eggs. Ten of them are kept in the Kremlin, Moscow; nine are in the private collection of Victor Vekselberg; five Faberge eggs can be found in Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; three eggs are in the Royal Collection in London; three are kept in the New Orleans Museum of Art; museums of Switzerland, Washington, and Baltimore have six Imperial eggs; the rest are the property of private collectors around the world. The location of two Easter eggs is still unknown; unfortunately we can delight in magnificence of these masterpieces only on Faberge egg photos.

Faberge egg Lilies of the Valley is one of the Faberge eggs which are kept in the Victor Vekselberg s collection. It was made in 1898 as an Easter gift for the czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna. Guilloched surface of the egg can be seen through pink enamel; lilies of the valleys stalks are growing from the curved golden legs on which elegant egg is set. From the four sides of the egg we can see neat leaves made of transparent green enamel. Pearly flowers are crowned with little diamonds. Button-pearl puts in action the mechanism, which raises the crown with miniature portraits mounted into diamond frames. Not accidentally Mikhail Perkhin, the creator of the Lilies of the Valley egg, chose the photos of Nicolas II and the grand duchesses Olga and Tatiana as a surprise of the Easter egg. As it was mentioned above the egg was made especially for Alexandra Fyedorovna, and they were the closest people to her. N.Dementiev, the main keeper the Imperial Winter Palace described in detail the appearance and the mechanism of the Lilies of the Valley egg: At the side of the egg there is a button with a single pearl which, when pressed causes the crown to rise and disclose three miniature medallions framed in rose-cut diamonds .

The egg Lilies of the Valley is the brightest representative of the Art Nouveau, Alexandra Feodorovna's favorite style of art. The most eye catching feature of Art Nouveau style is smooth and curved lines, floriated and crocket patterns. This style has sentimental character, no wonder that the Czarina adored it and encouraged artists, which were adherents of Art Nouveau style.

Nowadays there are lots of copies of this work of art, Faberge egg Lilies of the Valley. Of course they cannot be compared with the original, which is kelp in Victor Vekselberg s collection. But they are also very interesting and beautiful indeed. The connoisseurs of the Russian jeweller's art and the worshippers of Art Nouveau style will be pleased to have in their collection these high grade copies in different performances.