It is the greatest Easter egg hunt in the world — the search for a £20 million egg.
In 1952, a man walked into the Wartski antique shop just off Bond Street and spent £1,250 on a Fabergé egg. He paid in cash and was listed as “A Stranger”.
The Tsar Imperial egg, the Nécessaire Egg, has never been seen again, meaning that one of the most valuable jewels from Imperial Russia could still be hidden somewhere in Britain.
“It’s out there,” said Kieran McCarthy, Wartski’s Fabergé specialist, “I just know it is.”
Only one photograph exists of the egg sold to “A Stranger” in the year that the Queen ascended the throne. The Nécessaire is made from gold chased with rocaille in the Louis XV taste and set with precious gemstones. The interior contains a “surprise of 13 diamond-set toilet article
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