Jewellery & Watch News
Meet the new Fabergé 1842 jewellery collection, a series of eleven 18 carat gold pieces paying homage to the year Gustav Fabergé opened his jewellery boutique in St. Petersburg. Easily stackable for the modern-day wearer yet wonderfully detailed with subtle historic references, this fine collection of jewellery is a must-have for every jewellery box, beautifully bringing together the House’s past, present and future all at once.
Over the years, Fabergé have unveiled a stunning selection of jewellery collections taking much of their inspiration from the creations of Peter Carl Fabergé who took over his father’s workshop in 1882. The Fabergé Imperial jewellery commemorates the original Imperial Eggs commissioned by the Romanov court while the Fabergé Essence collection celebrates these very same designs with a focus on their surprise with unique motifs and figures hidden within. Now, however, the fine jewellery manufacturer looks even further back at its past, back to 1842 when Peter Carl Fabergé’s father Gustav originally founded the brand and opened his jewellery boutique in St Petersburg, Russia.
During the forty years he managed the House of Fabergé name, Gustav transformed everything from cigarette cases to clocks, ornaments to picture frames, utilising original goldsmithing techniques like gem-setting and even world-renowned enamelling – a technique that Fabergé still uses today. Some of Gustav’s original creations also included brooches, cufflinks and stickpins decorated with imperial symbols. It is these versatile and minimalistic designs that Fabergé brings to life in their new 1842 jewellery collection through eleven necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings handcrafted from 18 carat gold.
Each of the Fabergé 1842 creations reaffirm the brand’s extraordinary history with the iconic egg shape transformed into easy, wearable creations. The Fabergé egg design is believed to have originally taken inspiration from the Cyrillic letter for F – Ф – as seen in many of the house’s pre-1917 masterpieces. The oval shape was eventually tweaked to form the shape of an egg. The egg motifs found within the new Fabergé 1842 jewellery collection are suitably adored with the letter ‘F’ and the date ‘1842’, some with contemporary cut-out detailing and others kept traditionally filled. The necklaces, rings, earrings and bracelets are also detailed with a surprise ruby, a vivid red gemstone responsibly sourced from Gemfields Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique.
There’s something so distinctively contemporary about these Fabergé 1842 jewellery pieces in they way they are so easily layered and stackable, and yet the careful detailing is what encapsulates their history and transports us back to 1842. If you’re just as enchanted by the collection as us, you can shop the Fabergé 1842 collection on the W Hamond website here.
