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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, 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...
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...
Jeweller, silversmith, niello master. Hallmark: ?. ?????????? or ?? in a rectangle. Born in the family of Ivan Skripitsyn (late 18th or early 19th century). Worked in the Neoclassical style in Vologd...
Merchant, industrialist. Hallmark: ???????. Born in the family of Semyon Gubkin (early 19th century). Founded a silverware factory in Moscow (1841). Created works in the Second Rococo style and colla...
German jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: CAS in a rectangle with bevelled edges. Made silverware in the Second Rococo style in St Petersburg (1846–76), where he had a workshop and twenty apprentices.
German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: IK or Keibel. Born in the family of Johann Wilhelm Keibel in St Petersburg (1825). Studied under his father (early 1840s). Master of the guild of fo...
Finnish-Swedish jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: A.S or A•S or Sper or A•SPER in a rectangle. Born in the Finnish municipality of Kirkkonummi near Helsinki (1799). Moved to St Petersburg, where he wo...
Jeweller, silversmith, niello master. Hallmark: ??. Worked in Moscow (mid-19th century), where he made a silver cup and saucer (1854).