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Peter Carl Fabergé Jewelry

Russian, 1846-1920

Master goldsmith Gustav Fabergé, a descendant of Huguenot emigrées, founded the House of Fabergé in St. Petersburg in 1842. While the firm is best known for creating the lavishly ornate and intricately devised Imperial Easter eggs given by the last czars to their families as annual holiday gifts, it was the most prestigious Russian luxury goods maker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fabergé did a brisk trade among the lesser nobility and the merchant class, but it flourished under the guidance of Gustav’s eldest son Peter Carl Fabergé — known also as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé — who took over in 1872.

Serving the aristocracy and the well-to-do through stores in St. Petersburg, Moscow and as far afield as London, Fabergé crafted a wide range of brooches and other jewelry, clock cases, silver and myriad objets de vertu that included picture frames, cigarette cases, cufflinks and carved hardstone floral and animal figurines. Following the revolution, the firm was closed by the Soviet state in 1918.

Cosmopolitan, widely-traveled and himself a master goldsmith — he was sent on a Grand Tour in the 1860s — the younger Fabergé drew early design inspiration when he volunteered to catalogue and restore pieces in the imperial jewelry collection in the Hermitage.

Fabergé pieces based on historical jewelry from the Hermitage caught the attention of Czar Alexander III at a Moscow exhibition in 1882, and three years later he commissioned the first Imperial Easter egg as a gift for the czarina. Czar Nicholas II continued the tradition, presenting two eggs each Easter — one for his wife and one for his mother.

Relatively simple in design compared to the complex cloisonné-adorned eggs that followed, the first Fabergé egg was a white-enameled ovoid containing a gold “yolk” that held a gold hen, which in turn contained a replica of the imperial crown from which hung an egg-shaped ruby pendant.

As the appointed goldsmith to the royal court, the House of Fabergé became the darling of Russian aristocrats as well as wealthy patrons across Europe. Many and varied objets — hundreds of thousands by one count — were made to meet their demand. The firm employed some 500 craftsmen and designers when it was shuttered.

After the Russian Revolution, the Fabergé name and trademark endured a checkered passage through the 20th century.

Family members left their homeland in 1918 and set up a new business in Paris that was mainly concerned with repairing and restoring earlier-made wares. The name was adopted by an American fragrance and beauty products maker in the late 1930s, and later authorized by the family in a 1951 agreement. The trademark has been subsequently sold several times, and attached to numerous products including jewelry.

Fabergé pieces are richly redolent of a romantic past, and a source of thorough delight — for connoisseurs, true Fabergé refers to items made in the firm’s brief, golden decades from 1885 to 1917.

Collectors are advised to make a study of Fabergé works in museum collections such as the Victoria & Albert and the Royal Collection in London to gain an understanding of the quality of genuine goods made by the original firm, and then to purchase only from reputable and reliable dealers, such those at 1stDibs.

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Faberge Eggs Imperial Russian Fantasies Softcover Book
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Faberge Eggs Imperial Russian Fantasies Softcover Book. Faberge Eggs Imperial Russian Fantasies Softcover Book. Near Fine-very. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,1995.  'Fabergé Eggs - Imperial Russian Fantasies'. Elephant Folio, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 68 pp. A visually sumptuous presentation of the famous - and very rare Fabergé Eggs...
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Fabergé Ruby Diamond Presentation Brooch, circa 1890s
By Peter Carl Fabergé
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Fabergé Ruby and Diamond Presentation Brooch, ca. 1890s A rare brooch depicting a blooming cherry blossom twig on a honeycomb background and showing an imperial crown with rubies and diamonds. This brooch is by the workmaster August Hollming (1854-1913), ca. 1880s, who worked for Fabergé. Peter Carl...
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A Faberge red enamel and gold miniature frame, the oval frame enamelled raspberry red with a sunray guilloche ground, the oval aperture with gold laurel leaf border, the outside border with gold bead decoration, fine bone back, scroll design gold easel...
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Russian Imperial-Era Fabergé Silver Dinner Knife and Fork, Moscow, Circa 1900
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From the Romanov era, period of Czar Nicholas II, a silver knife and fork pair in the Rococo taste by Russia’s most famous silversmith, Carl Fabergé, ...
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Find a range of Peter Carl Fabergé jewelry & watches available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique items was designed with extraordinary care, often using gold. While looking for the most stylish antique or vintage Peter Carl Fabergé jewelry to pair with your ensemble, you’ll find that Peter Carl Fabergé diamond jewelry & watches, from our inventory of 1, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look. We have 5 pieces in this collection as well as a number of other designs by this jeweler. art nouveau and Victorian are among the most popular styles of Peter Carl Fabergé jewelry & watches available on 1stDibs. While this collection reflects work that originated over various time periods, most of these items were designed during the 20th century. Prices for Peter Carl Fabergé jewelry & watches can differ depending upon gemstone, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $950 and tops out at $92,910, while pieces like these, on average, can sell for $34,000.
Questions About Peter Carl Fabergé Jewelry
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Peter Carl Fabergé was born on May 30, 1846, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father, Gustav Fabergé, led the House of Fabergé and turned the company over to his son in 1870. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Fabergé jewelry.

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