Top 10 Most Extraordinary Faberge Easter Eggs in 2026

Made from polished steel rather than gold, this austere egg reflected wartime austerity during World War I. Mounted on four miniature artillery shell casings, it contained a miniature easel painting. It was Tsar Nicholas II's gift to Tsarina Alexandra in 1916.

Of the 50 Imperial eggs, eight remain unaccounted for, lost during the chaos of the Russian Revolution and Soviet era. In 2014, a scrap metal dealer in the American Midwest discovered he had unknowingly purchased the Third Imperial Egg, worth over $33 million.

Celebrating the 1896 coronation of Nicholas II, this egg is covered in translucent yellow enamel over an engraved gold surface. Inside sits a miniature replica of the 18th-century coronation coach, accurate to the last detail and only 9.3 cm long.

Carved from rock crystal to simulate ice, the Winter Egg contains a basket of spring flowers made from white quartz, gold, garnet, and demantoid garnet. It sold at Christie's in 2002 for $9.6 million, then a record for any Faberge egg at auction.

The very first Imperial Easter egg, commissioned by Tsar Alexander III as a gift for his wife Maria Feodorovna. Its plain white enamel shell opens to reveal a golden yolk, which contains a golden hen, which once held a diamond miniature crown and ruby pendant.

This egg celebrates the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway with a working clockwork model train in gold and platinum inside. The five-car miniature has diamond headlights and ruby taillights, and its key folds away into the egg itself.

Inspired by Art Nouveau, this pink enamel egg is adorned with pearl and diamond lilies of the valley. When a pearl button is turned, three miniature portraits of Tsar Nicholas II and his two eldest daughters fan out from the top of the egg.

Created as a gift for the Rothschild banking family, this egg features a clock and an automated rooster that emerges on the hour to crow, flap its wings, and nod its head. It sold for $18.5 million at Christie's in 2007, a record at the time.

The largest Imperial egg at 36 cm tall, it replicates the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin. It contains a music box that plays two Easter hymns. The golden domes and white enamel walls make it one of the most architecturally ambitious eggs.