The Easter 'Winter Egg'

Gifted by Emperor Nicholas II to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

If you have never heard the name of designer Alma Theresia Pihl (1888-1976), you are not alone. This Finnish/Russian brilliant designer and the granddaughter of Fabergé head jeweler August Holmström, created two of the famed Fabergé eggs known to have survived. One of them is owned by the British Royal Family and the other, called “Winter Egg,” is comin…