You Can’t Fly with That!

When Rolls-Royce joined forces with Fabergé to create the first new Imperial Egg in more than a century, things didn’t go as planned

By Josina von dem Bussche-Kessell

Let me take you back to 2018, when Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Fabergé partnered to create an exceptional egg called the “Spirit of Ecstasy”. Named after the iconic hood ornament that has adorned Rolls-Royce cars since 1911, it is the most complicated objet d’art in Fabergé’s modern-day history. Only the second egg to be deemed “Imperial Class” since 1917, it is styled in the same way as the original 50 Imperial Easter Eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé himself. As Fabergé’s business development and global sales director, I was responsible for transporting the “Spirit of Ecstasy” from our workmaster’s home in Kent, England to a remote part of Jackson Hole, in the US, for an extravagant launch party. From concept to completion it took more than two years to create…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020

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