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Frontispiece: Fabergé’s use of hardstones extended to fossilised materials and this French bulldog is carved from petrified wood. Complete with an enamelled gold collar and bell, it is one of Fabergé’s most striking and successful animal studies. Bought in November 1916 by the Turkish shipping heiress Mrs Mango, who lived in London.

Page 240: Painted enamel wild rose with nephrite leaves standing in a rock crystal pot. This flower is one of Fabergé’s most beautifully represented and was in Fabergé’s London stock when the branch closed in 1917. Wartski, London

Endpapers: The ground floor interior of Fabergé’s shop at 173 New Bond Street (see p.35).

Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow