Easter is just around the corner and while most stores preoccupy themselves with all things chocolate, at Harrods the eggs are of a far more precious ilk, courtesy of heritage Russian art jeweller Fabergé.  The fine jewellery brand has taken over four of Harrods’ Brompton Road windows, the highlight of which is a giant, interactive 3D egg. Visitors can choose their favourite Fabergé egg pattern via an iPad inside the store and watch as their chosen design is projected in glorious technicolour onto the egg in the window and out to the window-gazers in the street beyond.  Harrods also plays host to an Easter egg hunt with a difference, the prize being one of Fabergé’s most recognisable jewellery designs: a bejewelled egg pendant. To enter, visitors must hunt out the six giant Fabergé eggs that have been hidden on different floors throughout the store, and register their finds via a smartphone app.  As well as giving Harrods visitors a taste of last year’s Fabergé Big Egg Hunt in New York (during which 300 specially made Fabergé eggs were stationed throughout the city, before being auctioned for charity), the exhibition showcases the exceptional design and craftsmanship that goes into these scaled-up versions of the original iconic eggs.  Of course, there is also ample opportunity to take some of the excitement home, with a pop-up Fabergé Egg Bar offering the full spectrum of precious egg pendants and charms – from diamond-studded spirals to colourful guilloché enamel designs – many of which can be customised and engraved for an extra special Easter gift.  The exhibition comes as Fabergé reveals its latest one-of-a-kind objet, the Fabergé Pearl Egg. Designed in collaboration with the Qatari Al-Fardan family, a renowned collector of pearls, and unveiled at last month’s Doha Watch and Jewellery Exhibition, the Pearl Egg pays homage to the house’s famed Imperial Eggs which were designed by Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial Family. The last Imperial Egg was created in 1917.  Reviving the house’s tradition of creating these precious mini masterpieces, the Fabergé Pearl Egg comprises 139 fine white pearls – all selected by chairman of the Alfardan Group, Hussain Ibrahim Al-Fardan, from his private collection – along with 3,305 diamonds and a carved rock crystal and mother of pearl exterior, which opens to reveal a 12.17-carat grey Arabian pearl; mimicking the formation of a pearl within an oyster.  “I have a passion for natural pearls and it took me many years to build my current collection gathering some of the most extraordinary pearls in the world,” commented Al-Fardan. “Fabergé has a great history in making jewellery for royalty and a truly precious Fabergé Egg is a luxury treasure and the symbol of a long-gone era of opulence. This is why I partnered with Fabergé to create an exceptional piece.”  Fabergé at Harrods runs until March 28
The famed jeweller returns to Harrods this Easter with an interactive window display and Fabergé egg hunt throughout the store