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House of Carl Fabergé
Workmaster: August Wilhelm Holmström
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Peter Carl Fabergé (–) was a visionary and talented artisan and jeweler. In he took over his father's small jewelry atelier in Saint Petersburg and within forty years had transformed it into the world's largest enterprise of its kind, employing some five hundred craftsmen and designers. His methods encompassed streamlined production, fair pricing, and global marketing. The firm built a devoted clientele that included cabinet ministers and the newly rich and, above all, members of the Russian imperial family, the Romanov, for whom they made the most precious pieces and extraordinary Easter eggs. In the Russian Revolution brought an end to the Romanov dynasty and a definitive halt to the House of Fabergé. Peter Carl Fabergé died in exile in Lausanne, Switzerland, in
Matilda Geddings Gray (–) acquired her first piece of Fabergé i
Imperial Lilies-of-the-Valley Basket
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Title:Imperial Lilies-of-the-Valley Basket
Maker:House of Carl Fabergé
Maker: Workmaster: August Wilhelm Holmström (–)
Date
Culture:Russian, St. Petersburg
Medium:Yellow and green gold, silver, nephrite, pearl, rose-cut diamond
Dimensions:Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. ( x x cm)
Classification:Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit Line:Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation
Object Number:La, b
Inscription: on base, in Cyrillic:
To Her Imperial Majesty, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, from the Ironworks management and dealers in the Siberian iron section of the Pan Russian Artistic and Manufacturing Exhibition in the year of
Marking: on base of the basket:
1) FABERGE', in Cyrillic
2) 56, gold carat mark
3) A.(?).H., partially effaced, workmaster's mark
4) crossed anchor and scepter
Created for Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna ; Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Grey Foundation Collection," November 22, - Ongoing.
August Wilhelm Holmström
Faberge workmaster
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August Wilhelm Holmström (2 October &#; ) was a Finnish silver- and goldsmith. Born in Helsinki, Finland, he became an apprentice at the workshop of jeweller Karl Herold in St. Petersburg —,[1] master in with his own workshop.
Senior member of Fabergé's workshop, he was head jeweller and also produced parts for composite articles. He died in St. Petersburg. His son Albert Holmström (—) continued in his father's footsteps after his death and used the same mark, AH.
His daughter Hilma Alina Holmström (—)[2] and granddaughter Alma Pihl (—)[3] were both jewellery designers and workmasters at Fabergé. Alma designed the Winter Easter Egg and the Mosaic Easter Egg. Grandson Oskar Woldemar Pihl (—) was also a jeweller and goldsmith.[4]
References
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- ^Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit (Fabergé's Finnish masters). Tammi. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
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