Don Bradman's status as a national icon was recognized.
Catherine the Great Egg also known as Grisaille Egg and Pink Cameo Egg is an Imperial Faberge egg , one of a series of fifty-four jewelled enameled Easter eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Faberge for the Russian Imperial family .. Faberge egg. Faberge egg. jewelled. Jewellery. enameled. Vitreous enamel. Peter Carl Faberge. Peter Carl Faberge. Imperial family. Russian Empire. It was an Easter 1914 gift for Tsarina Maria Feodorovna from her son Tsar Nicholas II , who had a standing order of two Easter eggs every year , one for his mother and one for his wife .. Maria Feodorovna. Maria Feodorovna ( Dagmar of Denmark ). Nicholas II. Nicholas II. The egg was made by Henrik Wigstrom , `` Faberge 's last head workmaster '' .. Henrik Wigstrom. Henrik Wigstrom. The egg in gold and diamonds on a claw-foot stand features pink enamel panels painted in cameo style with miniature allegorical scenes of the arts and sciences based on French artist Francois Boucher .. gold. gold. enamel. Vitreous enamel. Francois Boucher. Francois Boucher. The Dowager Empress described the egg in a letter to her sister , Queen Alexandra of England  :. He -LSB- Nicholas II -RSB- wrote me a most charming letter and presented me with a most beautiful Easter egg .. Easter egg. Easter egg. Nicholas II. Nicholas II. Faberge brought it to me himself .. It is a true chef d'oeuvre in pink enamel and inside a porte-chaise carried by two negroes with Empress Catherine in it wearing a little crown on her head .. enamel. Vitreous enamel. You wind it up and then the negroes walk  : it is an unbelievable beautiful and superbly fine piece of work .. Faberge is the greatest genius of our time , I also told him  : Vous etes un genie incomparable .. The egg 's surprise , also described as `` a mechanical sedan chair , carried by two blackamoors , with Catherine the Great seated inside '' has since been lost .. It forms part of the Marjorie Merriweather Post collection at Hillwood Museum in Washington , D.C. .. Hillwood Museum. Hillwood Museum. Marjorie Merriweather Post. Marjorie Merriweather Post. Its Easter 1914 counterpart -LRB- presented to the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna -RRB- is the Mosaic Egg , now in the Royal Collection in London .. Alexandra Feodorovna. Alexandra Feodorovna ( Alix of Hesse ). Mosaic Egg. Mosaic ( Faberge egg ). The stand was commissioned in 1940 by Marjorie Merriweather , modelled after that of the 1898 Pelican egg .. Pelican egg. Pelican ( Faberge egg )