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Alexander Julius Fabergé
Alexander Julius Fabergé (Russian: Александр Карлович Фаберже; Saint Petersburg, December 17, 1878 – 1952, Paris, France) was the son of Carl Fabergé of the House of Fabergé and his wife Augusta Julia Fabergé. He had four brothers, Eugen Fabergé, Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé, Nikolai Agathon Fabergé, and Nikolai Leopold Fabergé. He married firstly Johanna Tamermann and secondly Nina Belichova and had two children, Alexander Cyril and Irina Fabergé.Christel Ludewig McCanless ''Fabergé and His Works: An Annotated Bibliography of the First Century of His Art'' (Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994) The October Revolution in Russia was disastrous for the Fabergé business. Most of its clients fled the country, if they were not arrested. The company was “nationalized“, which took the form of all five of its branches being closed. Carl Fabergé himself was able to get out of Russia in September 1918 and died in Switzerland in 1920. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fabergé
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum d ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Fabergé
The House of Fabergé (; Russian: Дом Фаберже) was a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name ''Fabergé''. Gustav's sons – Peter Carl and Agathon – and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm was famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for the Russian Tsars, and for a range of other work of high quality and intricate detail. In 1924, Peter Carl's sons Alexander and Eugène Fabergé opened a firm called Fabergé & Cie in Paris, France, making similar jewellery items and adding the name of the city to their firm's stamp, styling it ''FABERGÉ, PARIS''. In 1951, rights to the Fabergé brand name for the marketing of perfume were bought by Samuel Rubin. In 1964, Rubin sold his Fabergé Inc. company to cosmetics firm Rayette Inc., which changed its name to Rayette-Fabergé Inc. As the brand was resold more times, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé
Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé, born as Agathon Herman Friedrich Fabergé (7 February 1876 – St Petersburg 20 October 1951, Helsinki) was a Russian goldsmith and philatelist. He was the son of Peter Carl Fabergé ( House of Fabergé) and Augusta Julia Jacobs. He is not to be confused with his uncle and co-founder of the Fabergé jewelry firm, Agathon Fabergé. Early life After moving from Germany to Russia, Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé or Agathon Karlovich was educated at the German Petrischule in St. Petersburg and in the commercial department of the Wiedemann gymnasium. In May 1895, joined his father's firm "Faberge". In the 1900s–1910s, together with his father and his brother, Evgeny Karlovich, he managed the firm's business. After 1898, he became an expert on the Diamond Room in the Winter Palace. Philately Fabergé formed a leading collection of Russian Zemstvo stamps."The dispersal of Agathon Fabergé’s great collections" by Jeffrey Stone in '' The London Philate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It was the second revolutionary change of government in Russia in 1917. It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on . It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War. The October Revolution followed and capitalized on the February Revolution earlier that year, which had overthrown the Tsarist autocracy, resulting in a liberal provisional government. The provisional government had taken power after being proclaimed by Grand Duke Michael, Tsar Nicholas II's younger brother, who declined to take power after the Tsar stepped down. During this time, urban workers began to organize into councils (soviets) wherein revolutionaries criticized the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City . Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the ''Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. In the past century, the city was one of Europe's main ports for ocean liners and more recently, Southampton is known as the home port of some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Dongola
The SS ''Dongola'', launched 14 September 1905, was a steam-powered passenger liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), at various times used as a Royal Navy troop ship (HMT ''Dongola'') and hospital ship (HMHS ''Dongola''). Except during the First World War, the ship's main use was as a passenger liner on the routes from England through the Suez Canal to India and the Far East, and she was fast enough to carry mail. P&O sold the ship in June 1926 to be broken up for scrap. Construction ''Dongola'' was ordered by P&O from the shipbuilders Barclay, Curle and Co. of Whiteinch on the River Clyde, and work was reported to be in hand in March 1905. She was one of four ships built in 1905 and 1906 called the "D" class, the others being ''Delhi'', ''Devanha'', and ''Delta''. The ship was launched on Thursday, 14 September 1905, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabergé & Cie
Fabergé & Cie was a jewellery firm founded in 1924 in Paris by two of the sons of Peter Carl Fabergé, Alexander Fabergé (1877–1952) and Eugène Fabergé (1874–1960), together with Peter Carl Fabergé's business partner and jewellery designer Andrea Marchetti from the Fabergé store in London, which had closed in 1918. History After their father's famous jewellery company in Russia was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918, the brothers moved to Paris and continued to make and sell Fabergé-branded jewelry. They also specialized in the appraisal and repair of historic Fabergé items. Their stamp in the jewels was "FABERGÉ, PARIS". The store was located in the most high end shopping area on 281 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. From the 1920s to the 1980s the German jeweler Victor Mayer produced Fabergé egg A Fabergé egg (russian: link=no, яйцо Фаберже́, translit=yaytso Faberzhe) is a jewelled egg created by the jewellery firm House of Fabergé, in Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle of Philippopolis: Russian troops defeat the Turks. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year reign (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – The British fleet enters Turkish waters, and anchors off Istanbul; Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul, but does not carry out the threat. * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Deaths
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókhei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
