Tatiana Fabergé Signed Crested Crystal 24k Gold Clawfoot Baccarat Style Box

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Very rare square cut-crystal casket box with a House of Fabergé crested lock, designed and signed by Tatiana Fabergé. This … Read more Very rare square cut-crystal casket box with a House of Fabergé crested lock, designed and signed by Tatiana Fabergé. This piece exudes elegance and luxury. Crafted in the Baccarat style with thick, luminous "bamboo" cut beveled crystal set in a genuine gold mount with fine details such as clawfeet.

The only daughter of Theodore Carl Fabergé, and Tatiana née Cheremeteff she was born in Geneva in 1930. Her father was the third son of Peter Carl Fabergé and her mother a Princess from Georgia. Had it not been for the Russian Revolution it is unlikely that her parents would have ever met - yet alone married. Tatiana was always known as the great-granddaughter of Peter Carl Fabergé and her connection with Georgian royalty was not generally known.

In the early 1950s she studied jewellery design in Paris and had close contact with her uncles Eugene and Alexander Fabergé who ran a small company called Fabergé & Cie. Founded in the 1920s it repaired Russian objects, produced some artefacts and jewellery (which were marked ‘Fabergé Paris’, so as not to be confused with those made prior to the Revolution) and dealt in antiques. Her uncles gave her first hand information about the House of Fabergé in Imperial Russia. She learnt that Gustav Faberge, who was of French descent, had started the family business in St Petersburg in 1842. He had added the accent to the final ‘e’ possibly because he considered it gave the name more style, or because a ‘g’ in Russian was pronounced ‘jay’.

For a period afterwards she worked with her father designing various precious objects that were crafted in Geneva, Paris, and Milan. This box comes from this period.

She dedicated her life to researching the Fabergé history and promoting its heritage. In 2007, the family was able to restore Fabergé to its rightful position as the leading purveyor of enduring and endearing personal possessions. The reunification of the family with the Fabergé brand was announced. This was achieved with Tatiana Fabergé and her cousins Theo and Sarah Fabergé becoming members of the new Fabergé Limited’s Heritage Council. Tatiana replied, ‘I have dreamed of this moment for decades. It has been my life’s ambition to restore the unsurpassed standards of design and workmanship that characterised my great-grandfather’s treasures. Now finally, we have the basis for fulfilling this ambition. I am very pleased to be part of the most significant developments in Fabergé’s history.’ See less