La Casa Fabergé se fundó en San Petersburgo en 1842. Fabergé es más conocida por sus huevos de Pascua de esmalte con joyas incrustadas, pero también producía adornos, joyas y objetos decorativos. Entre ellos se incluyen marcos, pitilleras, animales y flores de piedras duras.
Tras estudiar orfebrería en varios centros europeos, Peter Carl Fabergé regresó a San Petersburgo en 1864 y se incorporó a la empresa de su padre. Asumió el control total del negocio en 1882, el mismo año en que llamó por primera vez la atención de la familia imperial rusa en la Exposición Panrusa de Moscú.
En 1885, la Casa Fabergé recibió una autorización real y su primer encargo para crear un huevo imperial de Fabergé. Entre 1885 y 1916, Fabergé creó 50 huevos de Pascua para la familia imperial rusa. El Tercer Huevo Imperial de Pascua es el huevo de Fabergé más caro. Fue creado para el zar Alejandro III y entregado a su esposa, María Fiódorovna, como regalo de Pascua en 1887. Al abrir el huevo se descubre un reloj de Vacheron Constantin. El huevo estuvo perdido durante muchos años, pero reapareció en 2012. Actualmente forma parte de una colección privada.
Además de los huevos Fabergé de los Romanov, el joyero ruso creó el magnífico huevo Fabergé de la duquesa de Marlborough. Fue encargado por Consuelo Vanderbilt en 1902 y actualmente se exhibe en el Museo Fabergé de San Petersburgo. Tras el éxito de la firma en San Petersburgo, en 1887 Fabergé estableció una sucursal en Moscú.
Las monumentales obras en plata producidas allí se cuentan entre los mejores objetos jamás creados por la firma.
En 1900 se le concedió una medalla de oro y la Legión de Honor por los 14 huevos de Pascua de Fabergé incrustados de joyas que presentó en la Exposición Universal de París. Los objetos de Fabergé pronto se convirtieron en objeto de deseo de la élite europea, y solían utilizarse como regalos diplomáticos. Fabergé abrió su primera boutique en Londres en 1903.
El éxito de la empresa continuó hasta la Revolución Rusa de 1917, cuando los bolcheviques confiscaron las boutiques y los talleres de Fabergé. Carl huyó a Suiza, donde falleció en 1920.
En 2021, se subastó en Christie’s de Londres una selección de obras maestras de Fabergé procedentes de la Colección Harry Woolf. La subasta coincidió con la gran exposición sobre Fabergé, «Fabergé en Londres: del romanticismo a la revolución», celebrada en el Museo V&A, y alcanzó un importe de 5 203 250 libras esterlinas.
En diciembre de 2025, Christie’s alcanzó un hito histórico con la venta del magnífico «Huevo Imperial de Invierno» de Fabergé. Con un extraordinario importe de 22 895 000 libras esterlinas, la obra maestra estableció un nuevo récord mundial de subasta para una obra de Fabergé por tercera vez en su ilustre historia, todas ellas en Christie’s.
Descubre los relojes de pared y los relojes de pulsera de Fabergé
Descubre más obras de arte ruso a la venta
A RARE IMPERIAL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SALTA GAME SET
BY FABERGÉ, PROBABLY ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NEPHRITE DESK CLOCK
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
A LARGE SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE
BY FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 31226
A MAGNIFICENT AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT IMPERIAL WINTER EGG
BY FABERGÉ, DESIGNED BY ALMA THERESIA PIHL, WORKMASTER ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1913
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT HARDSTONE MODEL OF A STREET PAINTER
BY FABERGÉ, MODELLER BORIS FREDMAN CLUZEL, PETROGRAD, 1916, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25724
A Rare and Important Jewelled Three-Colour Gold and Guilloché Enamel Imperial Presentation Snuff-Box
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1978, THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY VASILII ZUEV
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND VARICOLOUR GOLD MINIATURE MODEL OF A SEDAN CHAIR
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2707
A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
A highly Important monumental silver presentation punch bowl formed as a kovsh
MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1891
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE IMPERIAL SILVER RHINOCEROS AUTOMATON
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1909
A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE GEM-SET SILVER RHINOCEROS AUTOMATON
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
AN IMPORTANT JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED PURPURINE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1913, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24687
AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND RARE DESIGN ALBUM FROM THE WORKSHOP OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, 1911-1916
A RARE AND IMPORTANT THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 999
A LARGE AND RARE JEWELED AND GOLD-MOUNTED BLOODSTONE SNUFF BOX SHAPED AS A HEAD OF A HIPPO
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
A Silver-Gilt Mounted Guilloché Enamel and Bowenite Clock
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908
An Unusually Large Jeweled Carved Nephrite Model of an Elephant
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900
A silver-gilt and gold-mounted guilloché enamel sunburst clock
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1898, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 57929
AN IMPERIAL JEWELED AND ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE STUDY OF A BEARBERRY
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17677
A JEWELLED GOLD, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1909, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19351
A RARE AND IMPORTANT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL, TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT DESK CLOCK
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
AN IMPORTANT SILVER-MOUNTED PORCELAIN IMPERIAL PRESENTATION VASE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, THE SILVER MOUNTS MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908
A SILVER-GILT, NEPHRITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TABLE BAROMETER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT MONUMENTAL GEM-SET PARCEL-GILT SILVER KOVSH
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1909, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24682
A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED KALGAN JASPER MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3218
A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED SMOKY QUARTZ MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 46351
AN IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD AND PLATINUM MOSAIC BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1913, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 97142
A Silver and Cloisonné Enamel Kovsh
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 26141
A JEWELED, ENAMEL, SILVER AND ROCK CRYSTAL STUDY OF A PANSY
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1915, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24898
A RARE GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL, NEPHRITE AND ROCK CRYSTAL STUDY OF WILD STRAWBERRIES
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10061
A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 28387
A Jewelled Gold and Guilloché Enamel Snuff Box
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH FRENCH IMPORT MARK 1893-1971
AN ENAMEL, GOLD AND HARDSTONE STUDY OF A CACTUS
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
AN ENAMEL, GOLD AND HARDSTONE STUDY OF A RASPBERRY
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PARTIALLY VISIBLE 1098(?)
A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BONBONNIÈRE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5791
RARE LARGE KIWI EN AGATE, OR ET DIAMANTS
PAR FABERGÉ, MAÎTRE ORFÈVRE HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBOURG, 1910-1911, NUMÉRO D'INVENTAIRE 19181
A JEWELED, ENAMEL, GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL STUDY OF A CORNFLOWER
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
A RARE AND IMPORTANT JEWELED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOR GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER AUGUST HOLLMING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
A silver Imperial presentation cup and cover
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1893
AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX WITH PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLAQUE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4744, AND THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1909
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOX
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 35702
AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NEPHRITE MANTEL CLOCK
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
A RARE AND LARGE SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ, GUILLOCHÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, OVERSTRIKING THE MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 35709
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TABLE COMPASS
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4366
A RARE JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE MODEL OF A COCKEREL
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1911
A LARGE JEWELLED AND ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED OBSIDIAN MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
ENGRAVED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 52383