Agathon Gustavovich Fabergé (30 October 1862 – 29 March 1895) was a partner in the famed Russian Fabergé jewellery company.

Biography

Fabergé was born 30 October 1862, in

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. He died on 29 March 1895, at the age of 32 in

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. Agathon was the son of the famous jeweler Gustav Peter Fabergé and Charlotte Maria Fabergé. He was the brother of Aleksandrine Caroline Koschke, Wilhelmine Charlotte Nicolay,

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and Agatha Emilie Fabergé. He joined his father's house of Fabergé in 1892. He grew up in Dresden until he was seven years old. From 1870 to 1875 he lived in St. Petersburg where his brother took over the family company in 1872. From 1876 to 1882 he lived again in Dresden and went to the Öffentliche Handelslehranstalt school from 1877 to 1879. The famous jewelry collection of Johann Melchior Dinglinger at the

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was an Inspiration to the jewelry he designed. Agathon joined his brother in 1892 in the

House of Fabergé The House of Fabergé (; ) was a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Fabergé, using the accented name ''Fabergé''. Gustav's sons Peter Carl and Agathonand grandsons followed him in running the business until ...

and died three years later in Saint Petersburg of unknown causes.H. Sonntag Juweliere von Weltruf und mit Dresden verwurzelt, in: Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten 4.10.2010, S. 16.

References

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