When I was a kid, I used to love those colorful Russian nesting dolls (you know, where each brightly painted doll opens to reveal an even smaller doll tucked inside). Jewelry designer Wendy Brandes may well have shared my obsession with whimsical surprises, judging from her Chicken in Egg necklace. Inspired by a hen-in-egg objet d'art in the queen's collection at Rosenborg Castle in Denmark, Brandes' spare, diamond-trimmed 18k gold egg opens to reveal a small silver chicken with diamond eyes, which itself opens to reveal three tiny golden eggs. Of course, the $16,000 price tag is worlds away from what you'd pay for a set of Matryoshka dolls. But such is the price of harboring such a stylish secret - and as Brandes' only makes one Chicken in Egg pendant at a time, owning one of these beauties is a very rarified experience.
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