{"id":9171,"date":"2022-04-18T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2022-04-15T23:23:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:23:17","slug":"a-short-history-of-luxury-the-faberge-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/a-short-history-of-luxury-the-faberge-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"A short history of luxury : the Faberg\u00e9 egg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easter is a time for family reunions, egg hunts and chocolates, but what about a precious egg with a history full of anecdotes ? Today we take a look at the history of the famous Faberg\u00e9 egg.<\/p>\n

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Faberg\u00e9 eggs<\/strong> are known worldwide for their finesse and preciousness, but what is less well known is that the jeweller behind these masterpieces had a very modest beginning. Of German-Danish origin, Pierre-Karl Faberg\u00e9<\/strong> was born in St. Petersburg on May 30, 1846 to a German Protestant family from the Baltic. His father, Gustave Faberg\u00e9<\/strong>, trained as a goldsmith before opening his own small jewellery shop in 1842<\/strong>. 40 years later, following his death, Pierre-Karl Faberg\u00e9 took over the business and it was in that same year that the Russian sovereignty fell under the spell of the young jeweller’s creations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, after seeing the House’s work at the All-Russian Exhibition in Moscow, Tsar Alexander III<\/strong> ordered that it be displayed in the Hermitage<\/strong> as examples of superb contemporary Russian craftsmanship. The emperor then asked the company to make an Easter egg for his empress<\/strong>. Faberg\u00e9 received the coveted title of “Goldsmith by Special Appointment of the Imperial Crown<\/em><\/strong>“. The following year, the emperor asked Faberg\u00e9 to make a second Easter egg.<\/p>\n

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The House had complete freedom for future imperial Easter eggs. Even the Emperor did not know what shape they would take: the only stipulation was that each one must contain a surprise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Order of St George egg<\/strong><\/em> (1916), for example, which Nicholas gave to his mother, Maria (now in the collection of the Faberg\u00e9 Museum in St Petersburg<\/em>), has two coins on the outside that can be lifted up to reveal thumb-sized portraits of Nicholas and his son, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Une publication partag\u00e9e par FABERG\u00c9 (@officialfaberge)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n