Jule encrusted egg peter carl faberge biography

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Jule encrusted egg peter carl faberge biography.

Carl Faberge Biography

Peter Carl Fabergé (May 30, 1846 - September 24, 1920) was a jeweller, best known for his fabulous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials.

He was born in St.

Petersburg, Russia to the jeweler Gustav Fabergé and his Danish wife Charlotte Jungstedt. The family moved to Dresden in 1860, and shortly thereafter the teenager went on a study trip, learning the jeweller's craft at the House of Friedman in Frankfurt am Main.

In 1864 he returned to St. Petersburg and joined his father's business, taking over management of it in 1872.

Peter Carl and his younger brother Agathon were a sensation at the Pan-Russian Exhibition held in Moscow in 1882.

In 1885, Tsar Alexander III appointed him the Court Supplier, as a reward for the first of the Easter eggs (the Hen Egg). Thereafter Fabergé made an egg each year for the Tsar, who gave each to the Tsarina Marie