Argyle Library Egg (original) (raw)

The Argyle Library Egg (also known as the Kutchinsky Library Egg) is a jewelled egg composed of gold and diamonds. Commissioned by Argyle Diamonds of Perth, Australia and completed in 1990 by , its design was inspired by the ornate Fabergé eggs that noted jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé created for the Russian royal family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.