The birthstone of June, pearls have been coveted and treasured for millennia, linked inextricably with royalty, style and status. We are delighted to celebrate these ‘jewels of the sea’ in our collections, including the Heritage White and Yellow Gold White Enamel Carved Mother of Pearl Rose Surprise Locket and the Fabergé Imperial White Gold Pearl and Pear Diamond Drop Earrings.
This pearl month, we are shining a spotlight on a very special, unique creation – the Fabergé Pearl Egg.
Paying homage to the distinguished Imperial tradition, in 2015 we revealed an extraordinary, one-of-kind egg objet in collaboration with the Al-Fardan family, one of the world’s most renowned collectors of pearls. The Fabergé Pearl Egg draws inspiration from the formation of a pearl within an oyster, and the egg’s painstakingly-crafted mother-of-pearl exterior opens to reveal a unique grey pearl of 12.17 carats, sourced from the Arabian Gulf and exhibiting exceptional purity and a highly unusual shade of grey.
Harnessing 20 highly skilled artisans, the objet embodies 139 fine, white pearls with a golden lustre, 3,305 diamonds, carved rock crystal and mother-of-pearl set on white and yellow gold. Each pearl adorning the Fabergé Pearl Egg was hand-selected by Hussain Ibrahim Al-Fardan from his private collection. An ingenious mechanism enables the entire outer shell to rotate on its base, simultaneously opening in six sections to unveil within.
To commission your own Bespoke creation featuring pearls, please visit our bespoke jewellery page.
