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International Academic Conference,&#160;November 9&#8211;11, 2017,&#160;Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgProgrammeNovember 9, 20179:30 Registration10:00-11:00 Faberg&#233; Museum Guided tour11:00 Welcoming speech of Mikhail Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director of Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgSection 1. The Semiotics of Jewellery ArtPrivate Faberg&#233;&#160;Objets d'Art&#160;and the Traditions of Imperial Representation, Thomas Steppan (Innsbruck, Austria) Professor, Art History Department, Innsbruck UniversityFaberg&#233; Easter Eggs as a Statement in the Context of the Two Russian Capitals&#8217; Opposition, Irina Gurova (St. Petersburg, Russia) Independent Researcher12:00 Section 2. The Iconography of Jewellery ArtPearls, Progress, and the Past: Negotiating Meaning in Empress Maria Alexandrovna&#8217;s Portrait by Winterhalter, John Webley (New York, USA) Research Assistant, Dahesh Museum of ArtPearls, Jewels, and Brilliants in Famous Portraits of the Romanov Family, Horst Becker (Wiesbaden, Germany) Art Historian, Independent ResearcherFashion and Jewellery in St. Petersburg around 1900. The Use of Aquamarine by Faberg&#233;, His Parure for Grand Duchess Elisabeth, and the Discovery of a Commission from Faberg&#233; for an Aquamarine Tiara in 1904,&#160;Alexander von Solodkoff&#160;(Hemmelmark / Kiel, Germany) Director, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Archives; Member of the Advisory Board, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgNumismatic Pieces in Faberg&#233;&#8217;s Works,&#160;Elena Yarovaya&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Senior Research Fellow, Numismatics Department, The State Hermitage Museum,&#160;Dmitry Krivoshey&#160;(Moscow, Russia) Independent Researcher13:30&#8211;14:30 Break14:30 Section 3. Style in 19th- and Early 20th-Century Russian Jewellery ArtRenaissance Reminiscences in Russian and Western European Silver items,&#160;Vadim Prygov&#160;(Moscow, Russia) Expert in the Analytical Laboratory,&#160;Vernadsky&#160;State Geological&#160;MuseumBracelet from the Kertch Treasures Series in the Faberg&#233; Museum Collection and the First Successes of the House of Faberg&#233;,&#160;Alexey Pomigalov&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Curator, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. Petersburg,&#160;Karina Pronitcheva&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Curator, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgFaberg&#233; Designs in the Neo-Russian Style,&#160;Tatiana Chuzhanova&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Assistant Professor, Applied Arts and Handicraft Department, St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design&#8220;Egyptian Style&#8221; in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Russian Jewellery,&#160;Elena Korneychuk&#160;(Moscow, Russia) Independent Researcher16:00 End of the first conference dayNovember 10, 201710:00 Section 4. Sources on the History of Russian Jewellery Art of the 19th&#160;and Early 20th&#160;CenturyCrown Diamonds Inventory Books,&#160;Igor Zimin&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Professor, Head of the History Department, Pavlov First State Medical University of St. PetersburgAlexander Tillander&#8217;s Business Reports as a Source for the History of Russian Jewellery,&#160;Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm&#160;(Helsinki, Finland) Ph. D., Member of the Advisory Board, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgJewellery Apprenticeship in Russia in the Second Half of 19th&#160;Century and Early 20th&#160;Century. Pavel Ovchinnikov&#8217;s&#160;Manifesto,&#160;Sofia Grigoryeva&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Head of Visitor Services, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. Petersburg; Postgraduate Student, St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture11:00 Section 5. Russian Jewellers and Their Contacts with EuropeThe House of Sazikov in the context of mid-19th-Century European Jewellery Art,&#160;Evgeny Lukyanov&#160;(Moscow, Russia) Senior Research Fellow, The State Historical MuseumThe House of Bolin and European Jewellery Art of the Late 19th&#160;and Early 20th&#160;Century,&#160;Maria Osipova&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Doctoral Student, Faculty of Arts, St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences;&#160;Faberg&#233; Museum in St. PetersburgThe European Stylistic Influence on Kievan Jewellers of the Late 19th&#160;and Early 20th&#160;Century,&#160;Natalia Sapfirova&#160;(Kiev, Ukraine) Doctoral Student, National Academy of Managerial Staff in Culture and Arts12:30&#8211;13:30 Break13:30 Section 6. Gifts and OfferingsRussian Diplomacy and the Empire of Japan. Gifts from the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty (1881&#8211;1917),&#160;Valentin Skurlov&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Ph. D., Member of the Advisory Board, Faberg&#233; Museum in St. Petersburg,&#160;Olga Krstich&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Leading Research Fellow, Russian State Historical ArchivesIcons of the Early 20th&#160;Century Given to the Imperial Family. On the Example of Icons in Silver Revetments in the State Russian Museum Collection,&#160;Irina Polyakova&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Senior Research Fellow, The State Russian Museum14:20 Section 7. CollectionsTraditional Tartar Jewellery from the Volga-Ural Region in the Collection of the Russian Museum of Ethnography: Current Presentation Practices,&#160;Elena Kolchina&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Head of the Ethnography of the Volga and Ural Peoples Department, The Russian Museum of Ethnography,&#160;Lidia Loyko&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Leading Research Fellow,&#160;The Russian Museum of EthnographyFaberg&#233; Items from St. Petersburg Private Collections in the Mining Museum Collection,&#160;Natalia Borovkova&#160;(St. Petersburg, Russia) Associate Professor,Materials and Technology of Artworks Manufacturing&#160;Department, St. Petersburg Mining University, Senior Research Fellow, Mining Museum15:00 End of the second conference dayNovember 11, 2017Cultural program10:30&#160;St. Petersburg and the Faberg&#233; Epoch&#160;Bus tourThe tour will proceed along the city&#8217;s famous streets and embankments: Nevsky Prospekt, Bolshaya Morskaya St., the Kryukov Canal and Moika River Embankments, and other thoroughfares, where guests will see buildings that were significant in the life of Carl Faberg&#233; and other famous jewellers who worked in St. Petersburg in the late 19th&#160;and early 20th&#160;century. While riding along Nevsky Prospekt, you can admire its elegant architecture and see the places where the Hahn and Tillander dynasties worked before the Revolution. The tour will focus mainly on St. Petersburg&#8217;s Diamond Row, Bolshaya Morskaya St., where long ago one could find a multitude of jewellery shops, enough to satisfy any taste. There you can immerse yourself in the atmosphere of turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg and come into direct contact with the history of the jewellery firms of the era: Sazikov, Ovchinnikov, Butz, and Bolin, stone carver Denisov-Uralsky, and, of course, Faberg&#233;.12:00&#160;Visit to the Diamond Room of the State Hermitage MuseumOpened to the public as part of the Imperial Hermitage in 1852, the Treasure Gallery is one of the largest museum collections of jewellery art in the world, and is comprised of two exhibitions: the Gold Room and the Diamond Room. The cultural program of the Faberg&#233; Museum conference will include a visit to the Diamond Room, specifically the exhibits of ancient gold, items from European and Russian goldsmiths, jewellery from the collections of members of the Imperial family and private collections, religious articles, and diplomatic gifts to the Russian Emperor.