Courtly gift egg, so-called golden egg

Description:

Probably Dresden, attributed to Moritz Elimeyer, Royal Saxon Court Jeweller (1856-1909)
5,9 x 4,2 cm | RM 52
Highülle gold-plated metal. Chicken - 750/000 (XRF tested). Enamel. Weight 48.3 g. Crown - 720/000 (XRF tested). 64 diamond roses totalling approx. 0.50 ct low quality. Enamel. Weight 10.7 g., ring - 700/000 (XRF tested). One cushion-cut emerald and twoöeleven brilliant-cut diamonds, as well as six diamond roses totalling ca. 0.25 ct low quality. Traces of wear. Weight 2.6 g., total weight 154.8 g.
Hülle with screw-on lid, hinged lid with an egg yolk underneath. Inside a hinged chicken, inside a hinged crown with a ring.
Privately owned in Baden-Württemberg.
Literature:
Geza von Habsburg: Fabergé, München 1986. For the type, see p. 316.
The so-called "Golden Egg" in the Dresden Grünen Gewölbe served as a model. This dates from around 1720 and has always been one of the most famous and highly regarded pieces in Augustus the Strong's collection. In a guide to the Grünen Gewölbe from 1884, it is described as one of the "landmarks". When Carl Fabergé visited Dresden and its collections in 1860, he was very impressed by the "Golden Egg". It may therefore have been the inspiration for his famous Easter eggs. Only two other such eggs have survived. One is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the other in the Royal Danish Collection at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.