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Painter. Born in the family of Nikolai Baksheyev in Moscow (1862). Studied under Illarion Pryanishnikov, Vladimir Makovsky and Vasily Polenov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architect...
Baltic German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Father of Peter Carl Fabergé, uncle of Carl Wenig. Descended from a French Huguenot called Jean-Baptiste Fabry (derived from the Latin word faber, mean...
British jewellers, goldsmiths, silversmiths, merchants, industrialists. Hallmarks: N•P, NP, KA, PK N&P, N&P MAG•ANG, N:P or N.P. Originally founded by John Pickersgill on the corner of 16 Nevsky Pros...
Jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith, enameller, merchant, industrialist. Hallmark: ?.?. or ?.??????????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of a serf called Akim Ovchinnikov in the village of Otradnoe i...
Jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith, industrialist, merchant. Hallmark: ?? or ???????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of Pavel Fyodorovich in the village of Vokhna (now Pavlovsky Posad) in Moscow Pr...
Jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith, engraver, merchant. Hallmark: ?? or ???????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of a serf called Fyodor Yermolaevich in the village of Vokhna (now Pavlovsky Posad) i...
Swedish jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith. Younger brother of Carl Edvard Bolin, father of Wilhelm James Bolin. Born in Stockholm (1818) in the family of Swedish sea captain and merchant Jonas Wilhelm...
Swedish jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Son-in-law of Andreas Römpler, elder brother of Henrik Conrad Bolin, uncle of Wilhelm James Bolin. Born in Stockholm (1805) in the family of Swedish sea capt...
German jeweller. Born in the family of Gregor Römpler in Saxony (mid-18th century). Moved to St Petersburg (1790), where he worked as a diamond trader and jeweller (1791–96). Married Anna Schell, dau...
Swedish-Finnish jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: OP in an oval. Born in the family of a Swedish tailor called Johan Gustaf Pihl (1822–?) and his wife Eva Lovisa Alenius (1827–?) in the vil...