Description

Specialties

• Gold & Silversmiths to the Russian Imperial Court.
• Specialized in enamel, working in the 18th-century French style.
• ‘Objets de Fantaisie

1842

• Founded by Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893)
• Had apprenticed with a jeweler in St. Petersburg.

1860

• Gustav Fabergé retired.

1870

• Peter Carl Fabergé controls the firm.
• Trained in Frankfurt and St. Petersburg.

1884

• First Imperial Easter Egg Royal Warrant Awarded.

1897

• Royal Warrant from Sweden & Norway.

1900

• Carl Fabergé awarded the Legion d’ Honeur for Paris Exhibition.

1918

• Shut Down by the Russian Revolution.
• Peter Carl Fabergé escaped and died in Switzerland – 1920.

Workmasters

• Separate workshops sponsored by Fabergé.
  • A.W. Holmström
  • M.E. Perchin
  • H. Wigström