Gustav Fabergé (1814–1893) was a Russian jeweller and father of the famous Peter Carl Fabergé, maker of Fabergé eggs. He established his own business in Saint Petersburg, which his son inherited. He was born in the city of Pernau (now Pärnu) in Livonia (present-day Estonia). His father, the carpenter Peter Fabergé, moved to the Baltic province of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire, in 1800. Peter had moved there from the German city of Schwedt on Oder. His family were Huguenots from Picardy living in Germany, having fled religious persecution in France at the end of the 17th century after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1842 Gustav opened the jewellery firm House of Fabergé in Saint Petersburg and got married to Charlotte Jungshtedt, the daughter of a Danish artist. Peter Carl Fabergé was educated in his father’s profession and, in 1872, took over the family business.
