The most famous example of decorated Easter eggs were the Faberge Eggs. From 1870 until 1918, Peter Faberge designed eggs of gold, silver and precious gems for European and Russian royalty. Those eggs are now valued as priceless works of art found only in museums and private collections.
The lavish decoration of Easter eggs had begun in England, during the Middle Ages when members of royal families gave one another gold-covered eggs as Easter gifts. The household accounts of Edward I, for the year 1290, recorded an expenditure of eighteen pence for four hundred and fifty eggs to be gold-leafed and coloured for Easter gifts.
As seen in the April Issue of Main Street Magazine
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