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HISTORY OF FABERGE |
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That same year Nicholas II gave his mother Order of St.
George Egg. She in return wrote this thank you note to her son:
Your fondly loving old mama Unfortunately, success was not part of Nicholas’s future. In 1917, he was forced to abdicate the throne. The Tsar and his family were placed under house-arrest and in April 1918, the revolutionaries moved them to Ekaterinburg, in Siberia. On 17 July, just after midnight, the Tsar, his family, and their faithful servants were awakened from their sleep, brought downstairs into basement and brutally slaughtered. Imperial Russia had ceased to exist. Faberge himself closed his shop during these dramatic days, basically as soon as rumors of the murder of the Imperial Family came to his ears. All world to Faberge was gone together with the Imperial Russia. There was no more reason for Faberge to remain in Russia. He had been the Tsar’s imperial jeweler. Once bolsheviks took control, Faberge was forced to leave his beloved country without his family and without his personal belongings. The stress of separation and worry about the fate of the rest of his
family took their roll on Carl Faberge, causing him to fall seriously
ill. In 1920, Faberge was accompanied to Switzerland, where part of
his family had already taken refuge. Carl never recovered from the shock
of the tragedy that had befallen Russia, the Imperial Family and the
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Carl Faberge died on September 24, 1920 at the age of 74 and those who knew him said that he died from a broken heart. While revolution and communism destroyed the Tsar of Russia and three hundred years of monarchic reign, FabergEis delicate and fragile creations survived. Revolution changed Russia that FabergE had known and loved. Communists set out to destroy everything once associated with tsarism. Most of imperial treasures were melted down and recycled at the mint. But FabergEis creations were speared from destruction. The newly formed Soviet Union needed hard cash to rebuild the country that had been devastated by years of war. In the beginning of 1928 the Soviet Union stretched out to the West trying to find buyers for all these imperial treasures. American and European art dealers jumped at the chance to purchase FabergE. In 1930 and 1933, fourteen of the Imperial Easter Eggs were officially sold by Antikvariat, the new government bureau established in 1921 to sell State treasures to the West. |
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While revolution and communism destroyed the Tsar of Russia
and three hundred years of monarchic reign, FabergEis delicate and fragile
creations survived. Revolution changed Russia that FabergE had known and
loved. Communists set out to destroy everything once associated with tsarism.
Most of imperial treasures were melted down and recycled at the mint.
But FabergEis creations were speared from destruction. The newly formed
Soviet Union needed hard cash to rebuild the country that had been devastated
by years of war. In the beginning of 1928 the Soviet Union stretched out to the West trying to find buyers for all these imperial treasures. American and European art dealers jumped at the chance to purchase FabergE. In 1930 and 1933, fourteen of the Imperial Easter Eggs were officially sold by Antikvariat, the new government bureau established in 1921 to sell State treasures to the West. |
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In the beginning of 1928 the Soviet Union stretched out to the West trying to find buyers for all these imperial treasures. American and European art dealers jumped at the chance to purchase FabergE. In 1930 and 1933, fourteen of the Imperial Easter Eggs were officially sold by Antikvariat, the new government bureau established in 1921 to sell State treasures to the West. | ||
Peter Carl Faberge was the supreme craftsman
of his era, perhaps any era. As master designer to the Imperial Russian
Court, he fashioned exquisite works of art. Masterpieces so rare and ingenious
in their design that his fame spread through out the world. Peter Carl
Faberge became a legend in his own time. Today, the Faberge legend lives on in a new collection that still represents the work of the most skilled craftsmen, the finest quality materials and the highest and most noble traditions of the European applied arts. Once accessible exclusively to the Russian Czars and members of Imperial Russian Court, now these finest articles are available to all patrons of Faberge through Imperial Court, Inc. |
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