In fact he had planned on melting the egg down for its gold. In 2015 the eighth egg, the 'Third Imperial Easter Egg ,' which was long thought to be lost, was discovered to be owned by a scrap-metal dealer who, unbeknownst to him, had a historic antiquity in his possession worth over $30 million. The new regime confiscated the eggs, ultimately leaving seven eggs unaccounted for. However, after the 1917 Russian Revolution, which resulted in the execution of most of the Royal Family, Fabergé fled to safety, eventually landing in Switzerland. Over the next three decades, he would produce 52 more of these ornate eggs for the Russian Royal Family.
In 1885 Russian Czar Alexander III appointed Peter Carl Fabergé as 'Goldsmith to the Imperial Crown.' Fabergé went on to create the very first bejeweled egg made of gold and enamel he called the 'Hen Egg' for the czar's wife Empress Maria Fedorovna.
The Third Faberge Imperial Easter Egg is displayed at Court Jewellers Wartski on Apin London, England.
