Caucasus (Fabergé egg)

The Caucasus Egg of 1893, from Alexander III to Maria Feodorovna, in ruby-red translucent enamel, its four oval doors bordered with pearls. The surprise is built into the shell: the doors open on miniatures signed by Krijitski, and a hinged cover at the top hides a portrait of a grand duke in naval uniform. The egg commemorates Abastuman, a mountain retreat in the Caucasus. It belongs to the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation.