Is Faberge Russian?
Faberge was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to the Baltic German jeweller Gustav Fabergé and his German wife Charlotte Jungstedt, the daughter of Katarina Augusta Hertig and Karl Jungstedt.
Does the Faberge family still exist?
The House of Fabergé completed 50 Imperial eggs for Alexander III to present to his Empress and for Nicholas II to present to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and his wife the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Of these, 43 are known to have survived.
Who owns the largest Faberge egg collection?
The Kremlin Armory in Moscow holds the largest collection of imperial Fabergé eggs in the world. House of Fabergé was commissioned to craft imperial Easter eggs for the royal family for 11 Easters, and in that time, constructed some of history’s finest, most valuable works of objet d’art.
Why did Faberge leave Russia?
In 1918, after the death of the Romanovs, the House of Fabergé was nationalized and ransacked by the Bolsheviks. Fabergé and members of his family left Russia on what was to be the last diplomatic train to Riga, not realizing that they would never be able to return to their beloved Russia again.
What nationality was Faberge?
Russian
Peter Carl Fabergé/Nationality
Where are the Russian Faberge eggs?
Kremlin Armory Museum
Of the 69 known Fabergé eggs, 57 have survived to the present day. Ten of the imperial Easter eggs are displayed at Moscow’s Kremlin Armory Museum.
Are Faberge eggs still made?
While the opulence of the original, imperial eggs remains limited to the first series produced under Peter Carl Fabergé, the House of Fabergé has continued to make luxury eggs, exquisite jewellery and objects d’art for a century. Find some of these treasures in our Fabergé Imperial Collection themed auctions.
What do the Russian Faberge pieces look like?
For example, works from St. Petersburg are marked ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic, while Moscow pieces are marked ‘K. Fabergé’ in Cyrillic and include the double-headed eagle of the imperial warrant. Objects that were produced for the London branch were hallmarked with ‘Fabergé’ in Latin.
When did the Faberge family leave St Petersburg?
Following the revolution and the nationalization of the Fabergé workshop in St. Petersburg by the bolsheviks in 1918, the Fabergé family left Russia. The Fabergé trademark has since been sold several times and several companies have retailed egg-related merchandise using the Fabergé name.
Who was the founder of the House of Faberge?
The House of Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Fabergé egg was a later addition to the product line by his son, Peter Carl Fabergé. Prior to 1885, Tsar Alexander III gave his wife Empress Maria Feodorovna jeweled Easter eggs.
Where was the first Faberge egg made in Russia?
The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906. A Fabergé egg (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́, yaytsa faberzhe) is a jewelled egg (possibly numbering as many as 69, of which 57 survive today) created by the House of Fabergé, in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia.