The History Returned al Museo Fabergé (2024)

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How much is a Faberge egg worth? ›

The first Faberge egg was crafted in 1885, commissioned by Tsar Alexander III. The "Hen Egg", the first Faberge egg, had an estimated worth of up to $33M in 2015. The "Coronation Egg" sold privately for an estimated $20M-$24M in 2004.

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, Emperor Alexander III gave his wife Empress Maria Feodorovna jeweled Easter eggs.

The Fabergé company was sold by Barrie in 1984, and was subsequently acquired by Unilever in 1989.

The museum's collection contains more than 4,000 works of decorative applied and fine arts, including gold and silver items, paintings, porcelain and bronze. A highlight of the museum's collection is the group of nine Imperial Easter eggs created by Fabergé for the last two Russian Tsars.

Sale in 2007

The price achieved by the egg set three auction records: it is the most expensive timepiece, Russian object, and Fabergé object ever sold at auction, surpassing the $9.6 million sale of the 1913 Winter egg in 2002. The egg was bought by Alexander Ivanov, the director of the Russian National Museum.

It is owned by the private limited company Fabergé Museum GmbH, which was originally co-founded by Alexander Ivanov and Konstantin Goloshchapov in January 2008.

In 1917, the Russian Revolution brought an abrupt end to the Romanov dynasty, and to the House of Fabergé. The company was nationalised, all production closed down and Peter Carl Fabergé and his family fled Russia. Following its founder's death in Switzerland, the Fabergé heirs lost the rights to the Fabergé name.

While it was the magnificent jewelled enamel Easter eggs that made the House of Fabergé so famous, they represent only a fraction of its artistic creations. The head craftsmen or workmasters of Fabergé transformed everything from cigarette cases to mantel clocks into imaginative works of art.

Today, the brand is owned by a company called Fabergé Limited and is used solely for jewellery items and gem stones.

The composition is blended of 118 different essences, including aldehydes, raspberry, bergamot, jasmine, hyacinth, ylang-ylang, lily of the valley, honey, rose, orris root, carnation, citrus, coriander, oak moss, amber, vetiver, musk and celery seed.

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Brut 33: This powerhouse cologne was all the rage in the 70s, and Elvis, ever the trendsetter, probably wouldn't be caught without it. Think bold, masculine notes like leather, woods, and musk.

There are five Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs. Of the 50 that were made and delivered, 42 have survived and only 13 of these are in the US.

The egg was lost for many years, but was rediscovered in 2012. The rediscovery of this egg was announced publicly and covered in many news stories in 2014.

Definitions of Faberge. Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) synonyms: Peter Carl Faberge. example of: gold-worker, goldsmith, goldworker. an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.

After Fabergé's death in 1920, royal fascination with his work endured. In the 1930s, King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) purchased the three Imperial Easter Eggs in the Collection – the Basket of Flowers Egg, the Colonnade Egg Clock and the Mosaic Egg.

Many of the eggs belong to museums and private collectors. One private collector, Viktor Vekselberg, owns a total of fifteen Fabergé This makes him the single largest owner of Fabergé eggs in the world.

The most expensive egg in the world costs a whopping Rs 78 crores. The name of this egg is Rothschild Faberge Easter Egg and it is worth Rs 78 crores. Let us tell you that there are several kinds of diamonds studded in this egg which is also covered with gold.

The latest Fabergé Egg to have come on the market was the Fabergé Rothschild Egg, which was sold for £8.98 million by Christie's in November 2007 in London. The recently discovered Fabergé Egg is currently on display at Wartski, London at 14 Grafton Street until Thursday 17th April at 5pm.