"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
- Tsar Nicholas II
(1,000 points) The birth of Jesus inspires a magnificent work of sculptured art created in the time-honored tradition begun by the legendary Peter Carl Fabergé, jeweler to the czars. A compelling collectible crafted in Tesori® porcelain, a sculptor’s blend of powdered porcelain and resins that holds even the smallest detail. The Holy Family is lovingly portrayed in a miniature egg painstakingly painted by hand. Atop the egg, a finial crafted in the shape of the Star of Bethlehem gleams brilliantly with accents of 24 karat gold. Complete with elegant gold-accented base, this inspiring collectible showpiece is individually numbered by hand, and issued in a strict Limited Edition of just 95 casting days. The Nativity Collector Egg—an heirloom treasure celebrating the greatest story ever told. Also available, additional Life of Christ Collector Eggs that include the Miracle at Cana, Jesus Walks on Water, and the Agony in the Garden. Order yours today! Now in stock!
Approximately 4 1/2" (11.4 cm) in height.
Release Date: 2007
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Historical Account: "The Romanovs" - The House of Romanov or Romanese was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country for five generations from 1613 to 1761. From 1761 to 1917, Russia was ruled by a line of the House of Oldenburg descended from the marriage of a Romanov grand duchess to the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. This line was officially also called Romanov, although genealogists sometimes style it, more accurately, Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.
The Romanovs share their origin with two dozen other Russian noble families. Their earliest common ancestor is one Andrei Kobyla, attested as a boyar in the service of Semyon I of Moscow. Later generations assigned to Kobyla the most illustrious pedigrees. At first it was claimed that he came to Moscow from Prussia in 1341, where his father had been a famous rebel. In the late 17th century, a fictional line of his descent from Julius Caesar was published. |
It's likely that Kobyla's origins were less spectacular. Not only is Kobyla Russian for mare, but his relatives were also nicknamed after horses and other house animals, thus suggesting descent from one of the royal equerries. One of Kobyla's sons, Fyodor, a boyar in the boyar duma of Dmitri Donskoi, was nicknamed Koshka (cat). His descendants took the surname Koshkin, then changed it to Zakharin, which family later split into two branches: Zakharin-Yakovlev and Zakharin-Yuriev. During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the former family became known as Yakovlev (Alexander Herzen being the most illustrious of them), whereas grandchildren of Roman Zakharin-Yuriev changed their name to Romanov.
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