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Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution
This exhibition explored master goldsmith, Carl Fabergé – the man behind the internationally recognised firm symbolising Russian craftsmanship and luxury – and the opening of a London branch in 1903.
This exhibition is now closed at V&A South Kensington
Exhibition highlights
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Fabergé's premises at 173 New Bond Street in 1911. Image Courtesy of The Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow and Wartski, London -
Cigar Box with a view of the Houses of Parliament, by Fabergé, chief Workmaster Henrik Wigstrom, 1908. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 -
Statuette of Persimmon, by Fabergé, 1908. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 -
Painted enamel rose with nephrite leaves standing in a rock crystal pot, from Fabergé's London stock when the branch closed in 1917. © Wartski, London -
Doe and three baby rabbits, by Fabergé, about 1907. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 -
Cigarette case, by Fabergé, 1908. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 -
‘Ice crystal' pendant, by Fabergé, workmaster Albert Holmström, designer Alma Pihl. Courtesy of the McFerrin Foundation, Houston -
Diamond Trellis Egg, 1891 – 2. © Courtesy of the McFerrin Collection at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences -
Third Imperial Egg presented by Emperor Alexander III to Empress Maria Feodorovn in Easter 1887, made by chief workmaster August Holmström for Fabergé, 1886 – 7, St Petersburg. © Private Collection -
Silver cigar cutter, modelled as a carp, made by chief Workmaster Henrik Wigstrom for Fabergé, about 1908, St Petersburg. © Courtesy of the Woolf Family and Wartski, London -
Peacock Egg presented by Emperor Nicholas II to Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in Easter 1908, made by Chief workmaster Henrik Wigstrom for Fabergé, 1907 – 8, St Petersburg -
Kamer Kazak, or Chamber Cossack, Nikolai Nikolaievich Pustynnikov, personal bodyguard to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, made by chief workmaster Henrik Wigstrom for Fabergé, 1912, St Petersburg -
Winter Egg, 1912 – 13, designed by Alma Pihl. © Private Collection
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Painted enamel rose with nephrite leaves standing in a rock crystal pot, from Fabergé's London stock when the branch closed in 1917. © Wartski, London