The Third Imperial egg is an Easter Fabergé egg created in the workshop of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian tsar Alexander III and presented to his wife, Maria Feodorovna, on Orthodox Easter of 1887. The egg was created in Louis XVI style and it consists of a solid 18K gold reeded case resting on a gold "annulus" (ring) with waveform decorations held up by three sets of corbel-like legs which end in lion's paws. Joining these legs are festoons of roses and leaves made in a variety of colored gold alloys and joined in the middle of each side by matching oval cabochon sapphires. Above each sapphire is a gold bow decorated with a series of tiny diamonds, and the front of the egg has a single much-larger diamond in an old-mine diamond clasp which when pressed releases the egg's lid to reveal its surprise. The egg was lost for many years, but was rediscovered in 2012. The rediscovery of this egg was announced publicly and covered in many news stories in 2014. Surprise 14K gold Vacheron Constantin Lady's watch, with white enamel dial and openwork diamond set gold hands. Exhibitions March 1902, Von Dervais Mansion Exhibition, St. Petersburg 14–17 April 2014, exhibited at Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London 20 November 2021 – 8 May 2022, "Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution", Victoria and Albert Museum, London Provenance Finding the egg The 1887 Imperial Easter egg was described by Russian Imperial Cabinet documents as: "Easter egg with clock, decorated with diamonds, sapphires and rose-cut diamonds - 2160 r:" "Gold egg with clock with diamond pushpiece on gold pedestal with 3 sapphires and rose-cut diamond roses" "Gold egg with clock on diamond stand (?) on gold pedestal with 3 sapphires and rose-cut diamonds" The Russian word for "clock" and "watch" is the same. In March 1902, an egg identical to the egg recovered in 2012 was photographed in situ with other treasures of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in the Von Dervais Mansion Exhibition in St. Petersburg. The exhibition was titled Fabergé artifacts, antique miniatures and snuffboxes which suggests the objects which are not miniatures or snuffboxes are from Fabergé. The photograph from this exhibit survives and the egg identified in 2011 as the Third Imperial Egg is seen sitting in a vitrine in which the other eleven visible eggs are all identifiable as Fabergé eggs belonging to Maria Feodorovna