Saturday, October 19, 2019
No included shore excursions today.
Delightful fellow passengers, Sona and Denis, expressed a wish to see the Fabergé Museum, but had been unable to obtain tickets online. When Kent attempted to get tickets, he required the help of Viking staff to manage the order in Russian, but was able to purchase four tickets. This morning the four of us disembarked to walk across the street to the bus station, and caught bus #119 to the Lomonosovskaya Metro Station. There we took the Green #3 Line train to the Gostiny dvor stop. From there it was a short walk to the Fabergé Museum.
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Sona and Denis from Canada, in front
of the Fabergé Museum (KSS) |
We had given ourselves plenty of time because we had timed tickets, for 10:00. We thought one must be on a guided tour, but we were given audio-guides, as were others. Thank goodness, because the guided tour was in Russian! This way we could have the tour in English, and Sona and Denis could have theirs in French!
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The Grand Staircase of the Шуваловский Дворец/Shuvalov Palace
(late 18C, possibly by Giacomo Quarenghi); the palace was severely
damaged in World War II and was renovated in 2006-2013
to house the Fabergé Museum |
The museum was established by Viktor Vekselberg and his Link of Times Foundation in order to repatriate lost cultural valuables to Russia. Vekselberg had purchased a collection of Fabergé masterpieces from the late Malcolm Forbes.
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| Stairway atrium dome |
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Fabergé Museum Knights Hall with precious wine goblets,
drinking horns, silver vessels, and military memorabilia |
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Cigarette case (1908-1917, by Henrik Wigström, House of Fabergé)
with enameled map of Kaliningrad and a naval ship |
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Silver kovsh/large presentational drinking vessel in the
shape of a boat (1891, by Julius Rappoport, House of Fabergé),
with cups (1893) shaped like fodder buckets |
Beige Room: Russian enamel artifacts.
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| Enamel on silver filigree punch set (1899-1917, P Ovchinnikov firm) |
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| Enameled case in Art Nouveau style (KSS) |
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| Red Room with gold and silver ware (KSS) |
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| Samovar and cups that look like fabric |
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| Silver platter that looks like wicker and fabric |
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| Clock and crater vases (with image grenadier troops) made of malachite |
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Silver pencil stand of Ivan Kalita (1898-1908,
House of Fabergé), with an emerald and
rose sapphire on the turban |
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| Drinking set (1875, by I Zakharov workshop) (KSS) |
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| Blue Room with Imperial Easter Eggs (KSS) |
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| Blue Room |
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Hen Egg (1885, House of Fabergé) was the very first egg,
commissioned by Alexander III for his wife; the white egg opened to
reveal the golden yolk, and inside the yolk was a miniature hen;
on the L is a bracelet with lion heads (c 1882, by Collin, House of Fabergé) |
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| Renaissance or Casket Egg (1894, by Mikhail Perkhin, House of Fabergé) |
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Coronation Egg (1897, by Mikhail Perkhin, House of Fabergé)
with a replica of the coronation carriage (the surprise inside the egg) |
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Lilies of the Valley Egg (1898, by Mikhail Perkhin,
House of Fabergé) with miniature portraits
of Nicholas II and two of his daughters |
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Cockerel Egg-Clock (1900, by Mikhail Perkhin,
House of Fabergé) |
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Duchess of Marlborough Egg-Clock
(1902, by Mikhail Perkhin, House of Fabergé) |
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Chanticleer Egg-Clock (1904, House of Fabergé)
made for industrialist Alexander Kelch |
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Bay Tree Egg (1911, House of Fabergé)
with a key that opened the top to reveal a green bird |
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The Order of St George Egg (1916, House of Fabergé)
was the last Russian Fabergé egg created |
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| Miniature pendant Easter eggs (various dates and makers) |
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| Gold Room with gifts and fantasy objects |
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| Gold Room |
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| Bird-shaped presentational kvosh |
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| Horn-shaped cup (1878, by John Hardy and Richard workshop, London) (KSS) |
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| Tobacco boxes |
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| "Objets de Fantaisie" |
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Armchair-shaped bonbonnière (1911, by Henrik Wigström,
House of Fabergé); the seat cushion slides forward to
open a space for small candies |
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| Miniature sedan chair (1898-1903, by Mikhail Perkhin, House of Fabergé) |
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Anteroom with samples of mass-produced goods, such as clocks,
desk accessories, cigarette cases (House of Fabergé) |
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| Items were available in several colors |
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| Here is a collection of enameled belt buckles (House of Fabergé) |
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| Sky Blue Room (and White Room) with Russian enamel work |
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Plates and tea cup sets (early 20C,
by Eleventh Artel and Kornilov Brothers factory) (KSS) |
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| Sky Blue Room nook |
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Punch set (1887, by Antip Kuzmichev firm for Tiffany)
with "linen serving towels," |
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Jewelry boxes in the shape of imperial crowns (1887,
by Antip Kuzmichev firm for Tiffany) |
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| Writing set (1899-1908, by Feodor Rückert) |
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Exhibition Room with cut-stone pieces with
two-armed electric lamp (1899-1904,
by Julius Rappoport, House of Fabergé) |
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| Gothic Room with Russian icons |
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| Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir (1899-1908) (KSS) |
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| Icon of selected saints with riza/icon covering (1908, by Tarabrov firm) |
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| Buffet Room with 20C Art |
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| Square of Saint Trinity in Paris (1893, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir) |
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| Summer in Gurzuf (1917, by Konstantin Korovin) |
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| The Fabergé Museum Café had some type of egg-shaped confection |
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| Tamiko and Sona in the museum café (KSS) |
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| Art in the museum café |
After perusing the museum gift shop, Sona and Denis continued along Nevsky Avenue for shopping, while Kent and I returned to the Viking Truvor for lunch.
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| Impromptu market at the Lomonosovskaya Metro Station |
Next: St Petersburg from the Water.
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