The McFerrin Fabergé Collection will be presented in a new state-of-the-art gallery in the Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This new gallery is made possible by the generous underwriting of the Artie and Dorothy McFerrin Foundation.
The highlight of Fabergé: Royal Gifts featuring the Trellis Egg Surprise is the surprise for the Diamond Trellis Egg, an Easter gift from Tsar Alexander III to Tsarina Maria Feodorovna in 1892. This Imperial Easter Egg will be exhibited with its original surprise, a small jeweled mechanical elephant. The reunion of the two pieces is made possible by a loan from the British Royal Collection on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. It is the first time the pieces have been seen together in over 80 years.
Fabergé: Royal Gifts featuring the Trellis Egg Surprise is organized by the Houston Museum of Natural Science. It is the premiere exhibition for the Artie and Dorothy McFerrin Gallery in the Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals. The Trellis Egg surprise is generously lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection.