Fine pair of hand-carved egg-shaped nephrite cufflinks based on a Russian design from 1880 by the Fabergé workmaster, Erik Kollin. The well-matched nephrite links recall the finest Siberian specimens of the 19th century. Each egg is attached to an nephrite bar link by a small handmade 18k gold chain.
Designed by Marie Betteley, 1997.
Length of egg link is approximately .5 in. (1.3 cm.); chain, .75 in. (1.9 cm.), 9.2 grams gr. wt.
For a similar egg cufflinks in lapis lazuli and carnelian in our shop see Ref. nos. GJN049LC and GJN049C.
$1,650.00
SKU: GJN049N





Tsar Nicholas II received a pair of egg-shaped cufflinks for Easter 1902 from Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, which he later recorded in gouache in his personal journal (image), see The Jewel Album of Tsar Nicholas II, London, 1997, no. 233.
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