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1898-1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fabergé is famous for the enamelled and jewelled objects he made for Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra. He took over his father’s business in St Petersburg in 1872 and later also conducted extensive business through a London branch. In 1900 he won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition. Fabergé’s carved hardstone figures and the superb quality of his enamelling influenced even the great French jewellery houses.

Like many 19th-century goldsmiths, Fabergé often found inspiration in earlier styles, including archaeological jewellery , the Baroque court of early 18th-century Dresden and France in the age of Louis XVI . Sometimes he is indebted to Russian traditions, or to the East.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Varicoloured gold, decorated with chalcedony and half-pearls
Brief description
Box of varicoloured gold, decorated with chalcedony and half-pearls, by Carl Fabergé, Russia, 1898-1908
Physical description
Box of two coloured gold, decorated with chalcedony and half-pearls, by Carl Fabergé,
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.1cm
  • Width: 3.9cm
  • Depth: 2.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark HW for Henrik Wigström
  • Fabergé in cyrillic letters.
Credit line
Given by the daughters of Timothy and Pandora Dewhurst in memory of their parents
Object history
Brought from Russia in 1917 by Commander Harry Dewhurst, King's Messenger
Summary
Fabergé is famous for the enamelled and jewelled objects he made for Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra. He took over his father’s business in St Petersburg in 1872 and later also conducted extensive business through a London branch. In 1900 he won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition. Fabergé’s carved hardstone figures and the superb quality of his enamelling influenced even the great French jewellery houses.

Like many 19th-century goldsmiths, Fabergé often found inspiration in earlier styles, including archaeological jewellery , the Baroque court of early 18th-century Dresden and France in the age of Louis XVI . Sometimes he is indebted to Russian traditions, or to the East.
Collection
Accession number
M.30-1994

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Record createdJuly 1, 2005
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