Rock Crystal (Fabergé egg)

The Rock Crystal Egg with Revolving Miniatures, given by Nicholas II to Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896 and crowned with a 27-carat cabochon Siberian emerald. The clear crystal shell shows its surprise in place: twelve gold-framed miniatures, nearly all signed by Johannes Zehngraf, each showing a place that mattered in her life, from the Winter Palace and Alexander Palace to views in Germany and Britain. It is at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.