Faberge

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In 1882 Peter Carl Fabergu00e9 took over his fatheru2019s very ordinary jewellery business. Together with his brother Agathon, he quickly transformed it into an international phenomenon. The success of the two brothers was changing the nature of the business. Out went the then fashionable style where diamonds prevailed. In came the design-led artist-jeweller with a penchant for colour through both stones and reviving the lost art of enamelling. They added objets deluxe to their repertoire, including objets de fantaisie such as the Imperial Easter Eggs, now regarded as pinnacles of the goldsmithsu2019 art. Today these are treasured in some of the worldu2019s leading museums and private collections. The craftsmanship of all their creations was of the very finest standard. This formula of design and craftsmanship made Fabergu00e9 irresistible and the ultimate objects to own, as well as the gift of choice.Coloured drawing of the view of the Beloseksky-Belozersky Palace, St. Petersburg, by J M Charlemagne, 1850sView of the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, St Petersburg by J M Charlemagne, 1850s1685 - 1825 The ancestors of the current Fabergu00e9 family lived in the Picardy region of northern France. The familyu2019s name was then Favri and they were Huguenots (French Protestants) in a predominantly Catholic country. When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, which gave Huguenots protection, they fled and headed northeast. Over the years the familyu2019s name changed from Favri through Favry, Fabri, Fabrier to Faberge. By 1800 an artisan called Pierre Favry (later Faberge), had settled in Pu00e4rnu in the Baltic province of Livonia (now Estonia).1830S Gustav Faberge (born in 1814) went to St Petersburg, the capital of Russia, to train as a goldsmith. Initially he worked under Andreas Spiegel, a gold box specialist, but later joined the celebrated firm of Keibel, goldsmiths and jewellers to the Emperors of Russia.