THE HISTORY OF FABERGE EGGS – Ann Pagliero
Ann's presentation was both interesting an informative. In Russia, Easter was always the major religious festival of the year. The church forbade the eating of eggs during Lent, so people hard boiled and decorated them and took them to Midnight Mass to give to one another after the service.Gradually the eggs became more elaborate, culminating in the precious bejewelled eggs by Faberge.
Ann made a copy of the Coronation Egg given by Tsar Nicholas 11 to his wife which contained a miniature replica of the Coronation coach as the 'surprise' inside. The original took 200 craftsmen 2 years to complete. Ann did not say how long hers took! She showed us others she had collected and made from goose, hen, duck and bantam eggs including those made from emu and ostrich eggs and even one from a banksia nut. After her talk we had plenty of time to look carefully at the intimately decorated eggs and pick our favourite.
Ann made a copy of the Coronation Egg given by Tsar Nicholas 11 to his wife which contained a miniature replica of the Coronation coach as the 'surprise' inside. The original took 200 craftsmen 2 years to complete. Ann did not say how long hers took! She showed us others she had collected and made from goose, hen, duck and bantam eggs including those made from emu and ostrich eggs and even one from a banksia nut. After her talk we had plenty of time to look carefully at the intimately decorated eggs and pick our favourite.
COMPETITION : A DECORATED EGG, ANY MEDIUM
First place Barbara Poole
Second Place Beryl Kingman
Third Place Rosemary Hurst
Second Place Beryl Kingman
Third Place Rosemary Hurst