by I.C.F. | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Right to name museum after Imperial jewellers is contested as both sides claim win By Gareth Harris. Web only Published online: February 26, 2014 A legal battle has reignited between the Russian oligarch Alexander Ivanov and the Fabergé Ltd company over the trademark...
by I.C.F. | Feb 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
The National Museum of Zurich explores the points of contact between Switzerland and Russia during the October Revolution of 1917 Although Vladimir Ilyich Lenin took refuge for years in Zurich, Bern, and Geneva, liberal Swiss society at the beginning of the twentieth...
by I.C.F. | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tsar Alexander III presents Dr. Johann Mezger with a small clock in the shape of a Fabergé egg. In the empire of the tsars, the precious creations of jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé are considered the epitome of opulence and refinement. Peter Carl Fabergé, Fabergé Egg,...
by I.C.F. | Jan 13, 2017 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Russian artist Olga Chirnina (also known by her pseudonym, “Klimbim”) colorizes archival images of the last ball of the House of Romanov. By Ksenia Issaeva In late February 1903, a grand costume ball was held at the Winter Palace – the Hermitage museum in...
by I.C.F. | Oct 17, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
The ‘surprise’ contained within the eighth egg of Fabergé’s Imperial Easter series, long believed lost, was accidentally discovered by researchers preparing the new catalogue of the British Royal Collection. Caroline de Guitaut, Senior Curator of the...
by I.C.F. | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Nora Roberts Bestselling novelist Nora Roberts, author of numerous hits sold in the millions, offers a story blending romance and suspense in the fascinating world of luxury antique dealers with her highly entertaining new novel, The Collector. Nora Roberts imagined...
