A fine Russian presentation egg, of an ovoid shape, the body is covered with red enamel on a wavy guilloche background pattern and adorned with applied bicolored gold foliate swags tied with ribbons and set with cabochon cut rubies. The hinged cover is also decorated with applied gold wreaths, Imperial eagles set with rubies and diamonds and mounted with a relief Imperial crown decorated with white enamel and set with diamonds. The cover is opened to reveal a darling
