FABERGE EGGS TO ROOST AT REAGAN MUSEUM.Byline: Angela Randazzo Daily News Staff Writer The translucent shimmer of the silvery-blue Nobel Ice Egg with its finely painted ice-crystal pattern conjures up the chill of Russian winters, czars and czarinas, and family dynasties of a bygone era. The Nobel Ice Egg is one of the treasures of the House of Faberge that will be on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs and Museum from Nov. 14 through Jan. 10. ``The Nobel egg is the prize of the ice motif collection,'' said Lynda Schuler, director of public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. at the museum. ``Faberge designers were inspired by the pattern of frost on the windows of their workshop in St. Petersburg.'' The exhibit of 28 priceless Faberge objects d'art is on loan from the Forbes Magazine Collection in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The Forbes' Faberge collection is among the world's largest and best known, second only to the collection of the Queen of England Noun 1. Queen of England - the sovereign ruler of England female monarch, queen regnant, queen - a female sovereign ruler . ``The Nobel egg is a recent acquisition to the collection and has not been exhibited at the Forbes gallery,'' said Margaret Kelly Margaret Kelly may refer to:
In 1842, Gustav Faberge opened a jewelry business in St. Petersburg, Russia. Under his son, Peter Carl, the House of Faberge became known worldwide for its exquisite jewelry design Jewelry design is the art or profession of creating, crafting, fabricating, or rendering designs for jewelry. This is an ancient practice of the goldsmith or metalworker that evolved to a billion-dollar industry with the odyssey from ancient cultures into the machine age. and craftsmanship. The Nobel Ice Egg was commissioned in 1914 by Swedish industrialist Emanuel Nobel (nephew of inventor Alfred Nobel). Emanuel Nobel was one of Faberge's most important clients, keeping the workshop busy with constant orders. ``We know that Dr. Emanuel gave Faberge pendants as party favors for the women,'' said Trombly. ``The egg was an Easter gift, most likely to his wife.'' Around 1885, Faberge was given the commission to create treasures for the Russian court. ``In the Russian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox church of Russia, its de facto national church. In 988 Prince Vladimir of Kiev (later St. , Easter was the big holiday. The tradition for centuries was to give eggs,'' said Jim Powers, curator of the Reagan museum. ``The Russian family, in their opulence, had to do it in a big way.'' Included in the exhibit will be the Hoof hoof, horny epidermal casing at the end of the digits of an ungulate (hoofed) mammal. In the even-toed ungulates, such as swine, deer, and cattle, the hoof is cloven; in the odd-toed ungulates, such as the horse and the rhinoceros, it is solid. Egg made of gold, diamonds, rubies and pearls with a miniature painting of Czar Nicholas' wife, Alexandra, inside. Many of Faberge's eggs open and had jewel-encrusted pieces inside. The Nobel Ice Egg opens on a hinge and has a surprise inside - a trapezoidal-shape pendant inlaid in·laid v. Past tense and past participle of inlay. adj. 1. Set into a surface in a decorative pattern: a mahogany dresser with an inlaid teak design. 2. with diamonds. Other treasures on exhibit will be a miniature polar bear carved of rock crystal with ruby eyes, a moon clock with diamonds, and five miniature eggs worn as necklace pendants. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO (color) The Nobel Ice Egg is one of the treasures of the House of Faberge that will be on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum beginning in November and running into January. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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