Nicholas II presented the Fabergé egg to his wife Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna on Easter 1915.

The front cross with the portrait of Tatiana serves as a clasp, securing the double opening doors.

[3] In 1930, the Red Cross with Triptych Egg was sold by the Antikvariat in Moscow to an unknown buyer.

India Early Minshall wrote "The Story of My Russian Cabinet", and noted "Fabergé was called the Cellini of the North, but I do not think any jeweler can ever be compared to him."

In 1965, India Early Minshall bequeathed her collection to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, United States.