Forget chocolate, the Rolls-Royce ‘Spirit of Egg-stasy’ Fabergé Egg is where it’s at
A contemporary objet d’art created for a discerning collector of Rolls-Royce and Fabergé Eggs indeed.Over the Easter break, Rolls-Royce shared a previously unreleased collection of images of their famed Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet ornament in Fabergé Egg form.
You may already have the Rolls-Royce Champagne Chest, the Whispers app and the OTT Cullinan SUV, but wouldn’t a Fabergé Eggs just take the cake?
Back in 2018, Fabergé and Rolls-Royce joined forces to create a new Imperial Egg which was first premiered at a party for distinguished guests at the House of Rolls-Royce. The egg then went on public display in the window of Fabergé in London. The Rolls Egg is only the second to ever be commissioned in the Imperial Class which is usually reserved for Fabergé’s most famous creations.
This non-edible and non-chocolate egg stands at 16cm tall, weighs 400g, and is made of purple enamel guilloché base of 18-carat white gold and embellished with nearly 10 carats of round white diamonds. By moving a hidden lever at the base of the stand, the shell opens to reveal the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy emblem which is hand-sculpted in frosted rock crystal.
Believe it or not but the history of Fabergé Eggs is closely linked with Easter. In 1885, Emperor Alexander III of Russia wanted to give his wife a truly memorable Easter gift. The chocolate Easter egg that had first gone on sale in Britain several years before was not up to his standards.
The Emperor commissioned jeweller House of Fabergé to create a jewelled egg. What Fabergé created was an egg crafted from gold, with an opaque white enamelled shell that opened to reveal a yellow-gold yolk which contained a golden hen. The golden hen concealed a tiny diamond replica of the Imperial crown, from which a small ruby pendant was suspended.
The Emperor was so delighted that giving Fabergé eggs became an Easter tradition for Russia’s ruling dynasty. A further nine Eggs were created for Alexander during his reign, and 40 for his successor Tsar Nicholas II, who was also a luxury car connoisseur who owned a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
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