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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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Opening of the exhibition „Memory of deportations”

July 3, 2024

On July 3, 2024, the National Museum of History of Moldova organized the opening of the "Memory of Deportations" exhibition, dedicated to the commemoration of 75 years since the second wave of mass deportations in the Moldavian SSR.

The exhibition approach reveals aspects of the history and memory of the victims of Operation "South" from the night of July 5-6, 1949, bringing to the attention of the visiting public documentary materials, testimonies, personal objects, works of art, thematic video materials. The exposed vestiges elucidate the context in which the organization of the second wave of deportations took place, the transportation and displacement of Bessarabians in special settlements in the eastern regions of the USSR, as well as examples of recent practices honoring the memory of the victims of the totalitarian-communist regime during the SSR period Moldavian.

Today, more than three decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1991), the complex and systematic valorization of the memory of the victims of the totalitarian past in the Republic of Moldova remains a desire of decommunization and democratization. The local communities of memory in the villages and cities of the Republic of Moldova offer examples and models worthy of following in the direction of knowledge of history and memory. However, the symbolic dimension of the commemorative actions comes to constitute for the memory of the victims of the communist regime one of the main forms of (re)knowing and intelligently assuming the traumatic past.

The exhibition presents the recourse to history and memory as an act of symbolic justice brought to all the victims of Operation "South" of July 5-6, 1949 in the Moldavian SSR, thus contributing to the building of a European culture of memory in the society of the Republic of Moldova.

The "Memory of Deportations" exhibition is opened to the large audience between July 3 - August 3, 2024, in the upstairs hall of the National Museum of History of Moldova (Chisinau municipality, str. 31 August 1989, 121A).

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Fabergé Ladle

Opening of the exhibition „Memory of deportations”

July 3, 2024

#Exhibit of the Month