Rothschild (Fabergé egg)

Rothschild Fabergé egg
Year delivered1902
CustomerBéatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
RecipientGermaine Halphen
Current owner
Individual or institutionHermitage Museum
Year of acquisition2014
Design and materials
WorkmasterMichael Perchin
Surprisea diamond-set cockerel pops up from the top of the egg

The Rothschild egg is a jewelled, enameled, decorated egg that was made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé by the workshop of Michael Perchin in 1902. Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild presented this egg to Germaine Halphen upon her engagement to Béatrice's younger brother, Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild.

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