Russian huge, jeweled gold guilloche egg with diamonds: The ovoid body having a ground of semi-translucent red moire enamel with applied ribbon-tied, ruby-set, two-color gold foliate swags. The cover mounted with a diamond encrusted crown above yellow gold wreaths encircling Imperial eagles set with a melee of diamonds and central ruby cabochon. The diamond and ruby thumb piece released the hinged cover to reveal a "surprise" of a jeweled elephant. The interior of the top further lined in white velvet. Raised on a red guilloche inverted conical foot atop a banded, jewel-set plinth. Together with its&apos fitted beech wood traveling box. marks for "56 zolotnicks" with spurious marks for work master Mikhail Perkhin. Height: 156 cm weight: 372 grams Circa - 20th C.