"Half-egg covered in translucent pink enamel on a guilloché background with pearl appliqués in the shape of lilies of the valley and diamonds. It was created at the same time as, and resembled, the egg given by Nicholas II of Russia to his wife, the Empress Alessandra Feodorovna, at Easter 1898, and known as ""The Lilies of the Valley Egg"". Both eggs have an identical floral decoration which employs the same materials, chosen to please the Empress, her favourite flowers being lilies of the…"
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