Cherub Egg with Chariot
Photograph of the exhibition in the von Derviz mansion, Saint Petersburg, 1902
with a reflection of the possible lost egg

Descriptions of this lost egg, gleaned from Fabergé’s records and invoices, suggest it was a gold egg adorned with diamonds and sapphires, likely depicting a cherub pulling a small chariot containing the egg itself. A clock is believed to be the surprise hidden inside. The egg’s documented trail ends in 1922 after it was transferred to the Soviet government following the fall of the Romanovs. There have been theories about its resurfacing, with a 1934 catalog from industrialist Armand Hammer mentioning an item that could potentially be the Cherub with Chariot, but nothing conclusive has ever been proven and the egg remains lost. The only known, almost certain, picture of the egg that currently exists is from a photograph of a display of the Imperial Family's Fabergé collection at the von Derviz mansion in 1902.