Connoisseurs of jewelry: “See it and die!”

Last year I went to the Gold Show. Carl Faberge eggs I was amazed at the beauty of these amazing works of art.

However, what I was lucky to see, six months later eclipsed this. Connoisseurs of jewelry art consider the true masterpiece of Faberge flowers. To tell you the truth, I still don't believe they're stones!

It is difficult to find a jeweler more famous than Carl Faberge. Easter eggs, created by him for the imperial family, today are estimated at millions of dollars and are considered unsurpassed examples of jewelry.





Faberge’s works “Genesis” of exquisite Faberge flowers have eastern roots. Leading master of the firm Franz Bierbaum left a written testimony: “For the first time we drew attention to this branch of Chinese art, when we brought a bouquet of chrysanthemums to repair...” Thanks to the skillful selection of tones and the transparency of some stones, this work made a wonderful impression.”

Since then, the production has begun. stone-flowers Carl Faberge, which many call the miracle of jewelry.

Editorial "Site" I have prepared 17 amazing photos for you. stone flowers of Carl Faberge. It's breathtaking!

1. The restoration of the Chinese bouquet marked the beginning of the precious herbarium. Faberge caught fire, began to invent his own floral compositions. At the Moscow workshop, a greenhouse was built in which plants were grown, which served as “models” for stone bouquets. Nevertheless, the pure copying of Faberge was not welcomed, he believed that the products of each artist should be unique! To date, the working album of Faberge has been preserved with detailed photos of live flowers, including lilies, which served as the prototype of the Empress’s basket.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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3. For flower-making Faberge used a palette of various minerals. He was the first to appreciate the multicolored Ural, Siberian and Caucasian gems, began to work with them, learned to change their natural color to achieve the desired hue, mastered the ability to give any color to gold, boldly combined noble materials and simpler ones in his products. The great master possessed a lot of secrets that jewelers still cannot solve!
   
   
   
   
   
   
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5. Freeze, you're beautiful! These are the words you want to say when you look at these masterpieces.
   
   
   
   
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7. And this is the famous lily basket. This floral composition was received as a gift by the wife of Nicholas II in 1896 from the merchants of Nizhny Novgorod. A bouquet of lilies by Faberge delighted the Empress, and since then he usually stood on her table. And how not to admire, looking at pearl-diamond lilies with jade leaves, and even in a golden basket!
   
   
   
   
   
   
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9. It was the wild flowers that the master liked the most!
   
   
   
   
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11. One of the most amazing flowers created by Faberge is an ordinary dandelion, with a golden stem and jade leaves, which has been stored in the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin since 1995. It seems that this fragile creature has just been carefully plucked and put into the water. And the master managed to stop the moment.
    
    The most amazing thing about this flower is that at the ends of its silver stamens, a real dandelion fluff is completely incomprehensible. Moreover, even small diamonds are scattered on top, which, under certain light, sparkle like drops of dew. For examination, even biologists were called, and they reliably established that it is real, and the age of the down corresponds to the date of creation of this masterpiece - about a hundred years!
    
    
    
    
    
    
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13. Oh, that Faberge... Just a wizard!
    
    
    
    
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15. And here is another unique creation called "Anyutins eyes", the like of which is not in the world. This beauty was created in 1904. Inside the flower is hidden a special miniature mechanism that works when you press a tiny button. The petals are opened and portraits of all the children of the imperial family appear inside. This flower was presented to his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, on the tenth anniversary of their wedding.
    
    
    
    
    
    
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17. The designers of the Faberge house repeatedly repeated rosehip, lilies, ash, raspberries, dandelions. Vases were almost always made of rock crystal, the transparency of which created the illusion of a vessel filled with water. The stems were most often gold, with a special engraving. The leaves are jade, elegantly carved, or enamel. Flowers are usually not branded - too fragile. There was no stamp on Faberge platinum.
    
    
    
    
    
    

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The most interesting thing is that the cost of Faberge products did not attach much importance, they could be estimated at one ruble or one hundred thousand rubles, depending on the materials used. Above all, Karl Faberge valued the idea, artistic imagination and the process of work.

He did not feel much awe of expensive materials. If he did not like the finished product, did not have the charm that he wanted to see in the end, Faberge could break it without regret.





In my opinion, the work of this man and his masters is a vivid example of full dedication to his work and bringing it to the forefront. mastery!

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