[2] The egg was created by Faberge's workmaster, Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903) with miniatures by Johannes Zehngraf (Danish, 1857–1908)[1] and is made of red gold, diamonds, pearls, gray, pink and opalescent blue enamel and watercolor on ivory.

It is made of engraved red gold in the Empire style, surmounted by a pelican in opalescent gray, blue and pink enamel.

"[3] The egg is supported on a varicolored gold, four-legged stand and retains its original red velvet case, the only time this color was used for a Tsar Imperial Easter Egg-case.

[2] The institutions, founded mainly for the education of the daughters of the nobility, are depicted on an extending folding screen of eight ivory panels, each within a pearl border.

The position of the pelican (and nest with chicks) at the egg's top has been changed, as seen by comparing historical photos of the piece when still in Russia.