The House of Fabergé was a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Fabergé, using the accented name Fabergé. Gustav's sons – Peter Carl and Agathon – and grandsons followed him in running the business until the October Revolution in 1917. The firm was famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for Russian emperors, and for a range of other work of high quality and intricate detail.
The firm's logo in 1908
Gustav Faberge and his wife, Charlotte Jungstedt, 1890s
The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906
Purple amethyst cane handle by Fabergé with white enamel, rose and yellow gold, and a string of pearls. Circa 1890–1898
Gustav Fabergé was a Russian jeweller of Baltic German origin and the father of Peter Carl Fabergé, maker of Fabergé eggs. He established his own business in Saint Petersburg, which his son inherited.
Fabergé, c. 1860s
Gustav Fabergé and his wife, Charlotte Jungstedt, 1890s