Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé

Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé (February 1876 – 20 October 1951) was a Russian goldsmith and philatelist. He was the son of Peter Carl Fabergé (House of Fabergé).

Agathon Faberge

Early life

Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé or Agathon Karlovich was educated at the German Petrischule in St. Petersburg and in the commercial department of the Wiedemann gymnasium. In May 1895, joined his father's firm "Faberge". In the 1900s–1910s, together with his father and his brother, Evgeny Karlovich, he managed the firm's business. After 1898 he became an expert of the Diamond Room in the Winter Palace.[1]

Philately

Fabergé formed a leading collection of Russian Zemstvo stamps.[2]

Death and legacy

Fabergé family grave in the Hietaniemi Cemetery.

Fabergé died in Helsinki, Finland[1] on 20 October 1951. He was buried in the family grave at the Hietaniemi Cemetery.

See also

• Georges Henri Kaestlin

References

1. Lowes, Will; McCanless, Christel Ludewig (2001). Fabergé eggs: A retrospective encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 194–195. ISBN 0-8108-3946-6.
2. "The dispersal of Agathon Fabergé’s great collections" by Jeffrey Stone in The London Philatelist, Vol. 115, No. 1337 (July–August 2006), pp. 198–211.

Further reading

• Hellman, Kaj & Stone, Jeffrey C. (2017). Agathon Fabergé: Portrait of a Philatelist. Turku: Suomen Filateliapalvelu. ISBN 978-952-67315-1-3.