In which country were the Faberge Eggs made?

Fabergé Eggs were made in Russia, primarily by the House of Fabergé in St. Petersburg for the Russian imperial family.

The tradition began in 1885, when Tsar Alexander III commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create an Easter egg for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna. The first egg contained a small golden “yolk” and a miniature imperial crown, and its success led to annual commissions.

Fabergé’s workshops operated mainly in St. Petersburg and also had important production in Moscow. Although many eggs were designed by Fabergé’s craftsmen, they involved teams of jewellers, goldsmiths, enamellers and stonecutters rather than one person working alone.

A common mix-up is to describe every Fabergé Egg as an imperial egg. The House of Fabergé made approximately 50 imperial eggs, but it also created eggs for wealthy private clients and other royal families. The eggs are associated with Russia even though Fabergé himself was born in the Baltic region and had French Huguenot ancestry.