Discover masterful examples of the diverse styles pervading Russian and European decorative art across three centuries.

Auction Highlights

Elegantly executed and curated, the sale is highlighted by a private collection of Fabergé and Vertu that has remained in the family until this day.&nbsp;

A Private European Collection of Fabergé and Vertu

Fabergé’s famous workmasters expertly enhanced a diversity of materials, from porcelain to lacquer, hardstones to enamel.

Fabergé Mounted Materials

A story of the colourful beauty of hardstones and their abilities to tell stories with natural inclusions, by being carved into new shapes or cut as cameos.

Heavenly Hardstones

Nothing exemplifies Russia’s silversmiths’ skills better than their ability to render a variety of other materials in silver.

Nothing exemplifies Russia’s silversmiths’ skills better than their ability to render a variety of other materials in silver.

Trompe L’oeil Silver

Tiny singing birds concealed in Silver elephants, a glamorous bowenite bulldog by the House of Fabergé and many more fabulous animals await.

Tiny singing birds concealed in Silver elephants, a glamorous bowenite bulldog by the House of Fabergé and many more fabulous animals await.

Precious Animal Kingdom

From an Imperial Naval ensign to a European Royal Cypher, the sale includes important objects of diplomacy and presentation.

 Imperial & Noble Connections

London

International Head of Decorative Arts | Global Head of Fabergé &amp; Russian Works of Art

Helen Culver Smith

Head of Vertu and Gold Boxes

Alexandra Starp

Associate Specialist, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art

Kira Gurmail-Kaufmann

Head of Sotheby's Collectors Group, EMEA

Alina Davey

Department Assistant, Decorative Arts

Sinead Rampersad

Pre-Sale Coordinator | Objets of Virtu

Kristy Soo

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The sale is led by a tastefully curated collection of vertu in enamel and hardstone by the craftsmen of Fabergé, Hanau and Paris. The sale also includes rare pieces from private collections, ranging from expertly enamelled pendants to delicately-mounted boxes. Including works by the most important masters, the sale also includes enamelled, jewelled, lapidary and silver works that epitomise the highest quality production of their time.

Fabergé, Gold Boxes, Vertu & Imperial Works of Art