Agathon Fabergé

Agathon Faberge
A volume from the Schmidt & Faberge catalogue.
Fabergé family grave in the Hietaniemi Cemetery.

Agathon Karlovich Fabergé (February 1876 – 20 October 1951) was a Russian goldsmith and philatelist. He was the son of Peter Carl Fabergé of the House of Fabergé.

Early life

Agathon Karlovich Fabergé was born in February 1876 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the second son of Peter Carl Fabergé of the House of Fabergé. He was educated at the German Petrischule in St. Petersburg and in the commercial department of the Wiedemann gymnasium.[1]

Career

Agathon joined the family firm of Fabergé in 1894. From 1898 he was employed as an expert in the Diamond Room of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.[1]

Philately

Fabergé formed a leading collection of Russian Zemstvo stamps.[2]

Death and legacy

Fabergé died in Helsinki[1] on 20 October 1951. He was buried in the family grave at the Hietaniemi Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lowes, Will & Christel Ludewig McCanless. (2001). Fabergé eggs: A retrospective encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9780810839465. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ↑ "The dispersal of Agathon Fabergé’s great collections" by Jeffrey Stone in The London Philatelist, Vol. 115, No. 1337 (July-August 2006), pp. 198-211.

External links

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