Basket of Flowers

1901 Imperial Fabergé egg
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Summary

Basket of Flowers is a Fabergé egg[1]. It draws 210 Wikipedia views per month (faberg egg category, ranking #29 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Russian Empire[3]
  • Commissioned by: Nicholas II of Russia[4]
  • Owned by: Elizabeth II[5]
  • Manufacturer: House of Fabergé[6]
  • Collection: Royal Collection[7]
  • Inventory number: 40098[8]
  • Location: Royal Collection[9]
  • Commons category: Basket of Flowers (Fabergé egg)[10]
  • Inception: 1901[11]
  • Height: 23 cm[12]
  • Width: 10 cm[13]
  • Capital cost: 6850 Russian ruble[14]
  • Price: 6850 Russian ruble[15], 2000 Soviet ruble[16]
  • Copyright status: public domain[17]

Why It Matters

Basket of Flowers has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital cost → {'unit': 'Q41044', 'amount': '+6850'}
    Location → Royal Collection
    Inception → +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → Fabergé egg
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, uk, da, ro, it */ Add Danish and Romanian labels translated from the English and Italian ones, as no source in those languages names the egg, Danish and R"
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