One-hundred thirty-six years ago, Tsar Alexander III of Russia commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create a jeweled egg as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Fabergé eggs: Jewels of the Russian crown 04:44. Easter eggs don't come more drop-dead opulent than this: Peter Carl Fabergé's jeweled masterpieces were designed for the Russian tsars to give to ...

I absolutely loved dyeing Easter eggs when I was a kid — my sister and I continued to dye eggs until we were well into high school — and I still get a kick out of doing it with my kids today.

Don’t feel like getting the kids together to color eggs for Easter? Maybe it’s because you’re tired of the same old egg-dye routine that you’ve done since you were a kid. Try something new!

Easter eggs are good. Fabergé easter eggs, jeweled and gold-inlaid and made for the Czarina, are better. But the very best easter eggs, this time of year or any other time, are not found in a basket.

Of the 50 Imperial Easter Eggs created by the House of Fabergé between 1885 and 1916, only 42 are still in existence. The Forbes Collection contains nine of these unique treasures.

Easter eggs are good. Fabergé easter eggs, jeweled and gold-inlaid and made for the Czarina, are better. But the very best easter eggs, this time of year or any other time, are not found in a basket.

He was renowned for his incredibly intricate jeweled easter eggs which he presented to the Russian Royal Family each year. The eggs dotting New York are decorated by a variety of artists, not just ...

ALBANY —Ilya Abelsky, 51, crafted his first Faberge-style egg when he was 6 years old. He grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, a city full of history, but under strict communist rule. Bored during ...