#Exhibit of the Month

In the dazzling world of precious stones and noble metals, certain jewelers stand out, mastering the art of harmonizing understated elegance with absolute refinement, genius with design, and sophistication with eternal, unforgettable splendor.
The name Fabergé, emblematic of originality and synonymous with the creations of a legendary house, has left an indelible mark on the history of jewelry and decorative arts. Renowned for uniting jewelry, artistic design, and utility into objets de luxe and objets de fantaisie, Fabergé's creations have always captivated with their exquisite craftsmanship. Fashioned from gold, silver, enamel, and precious stones, the pieces produced in Fabergé's workshops testify to exceptional virtuosity, marked by meticulous attention to detail and perfect material harmony. Even works inspired by earlier stylistic vocabularies bear the unmistakable mark of originality.

The National Museum of History of Moldova treasures a spectacular ladle, crafted in Fabergé's workshops in the late 19th century.
The Fabergé ladle is a curious blend of the "Russian style" and the "modern style." Made of solid silver, it features a circular, gold-plated bowl. Its raised, stylized handle (hook-shaped) is adorned with vegetal motifs, triple rings, and silver pearls. The rim is embellished with a wide band composed of rectangular medallions, decorated with spiral loops and stylized scales arranged alternately. The bowl is supported by four hemispherical feet. At the center, engraved inscriptions read: Eugenie von Platonow/St. Petersburg and ТОРГОВЫЙ ДОМЪ „АЛЕКСАНДРЪ"/1863/15/10/1913.
Research suggests that this ladle was commissioned by Alexander Trauberg, a first-guild merchant and owner of the "АЛЕКСАНДРЪ" Trading House located at Nevsky Boulevard 11, St. Petersburg. It was likely created to mark the 50th anniversary of his business in 1913.
The hallmark stamped on the base-Fabergé's K. ФАБЕРЖЕ logo surmounted by the Russian Empire's coat of arms, alongside the female profile in a kokoshnik within an oval frame, accompanied by the Greek letter Δ (delta) and the silver purity standard "88"-confirms that the piece was produced by Fabergé's Moscow branch.
The hypnotic charm of Fabergé's creations defined the aesthetic ideals of an era, embodying exuberance and refinement, crafted by a jeweler to kings and a king among jewelers.

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“Childhood in the Gulag”

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Lithuania

May 10-20, 2023

On May 10, 2023, at the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, Lithuania took place the opening ceremony of the photo-documentary exhibition "Childhood in the Gulag". The exhibition presents images about the life of Bessarabian children condemned by the totalitarian-communist regime of the Moldavian SSR to deportation, starvation, Russification, indoctrination, forced removal from their families, during the years 1940-1941 and 1944-1953.

At the opening of the event, the ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Emil Druc, greeted the guests and thanked the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania for presenting the thematic exhibition of resonance for the common history of our countries. The curator of the exhibition, dr. Ludmila D. Cojocaru, mentioned the actuality of the recovering, documentation and historical investigation of the testimonies shared by the victims of the totalitarian-communist regime during the USSR. The General Director of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, dr. Arunas Bubnys, referred to the achieved remarkable results in the framework of bilateral cooperation, expressing his certainty in the successful implementation of future inter-institutional projects. In this context, the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania and the National Museum of History of Moldova took place. At the event, the President of the Association of Romanian Language and Culture "Dacia" in Lithuania, Mrs. Lucia Bartkiene, spoke, who referred to the pages of history inscribed in the collective memory of the societies of Lithuania and Moldova.

The exhibition brings together about 180 photo-documentary images, accompanied by memories and archival documents from the collections of the National History Museum of Moldova, the Edineț County Museum, the Museum of History and Ethnography in Soroca, the INIS ProMemoria Archive of the MSU, as well as from the archives of the communities memory and of the survivors of the totalitarian-communist regime in the Moldavian SSR.

The exhibition held in Vilnius is a tribute to the children who went through the atrocities of the totalitarian-communist regime in the USSR, as well as an action to condemn the war launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

The photo-documentary exhibition "Childhood in the Gulag" can be visited between May 10-20, 2023, at the headquarters of the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights (str. Aukų, no. 2A, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania).

#Exhibit of the Month

Fabergé Ladle

“Childhood in the Gulag”

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Lithuania

May 10-20, 2023

#Exhibit of the Month