Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic on Devichye Pole, built by Yu. Bazanova; modern photo. Now the building of the ENT clinic is occupied by the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy, the Department of Medical Equipment and the Veterinary Clinic
About the dynasty
In 1896, the Kelchs bought a house in St. Petersburg at 28 Sergievskaya Street. At the expense of Varvara Petrovna, in the same year the building was rebuilt by invited architects Schöne, Chagin and Schmidt. Varvara Petrovna herself moved to St. Petersburg for permanent residence only in 1898, having been actively involved in charitable activities in Moscow before: she was the patron of the Society to help the needs of Siberians and Siberians, students in Moscow educational institutions, a member of the Moscow Society of former university students and Honorary Member of the Society for the Benefit of Insufficient Students of Moscow University.
Yulia Bazanova with her daughter Varvara with her granddaughter Yulia and other relatives from the Sievers and Kelkhov families at their dacha in Yalta
In 1904, Varvara Petrovna left for Paris, leaving her husband a letter with a confession that she had always loved only his brother and her whole “life went awry.” In 1910, the couple officially filed for divorce, the children were raised by their grandmother, Yulia Bazanova. Varvara Bazanova remained in exile and Alexander Kelkh never returned to Russia after his wife left, took upon himself not only the charitable institutions of St. Petersburg, whose guardian was his wife, but also the care of her mother, who died in 1924 in his arms. In 1930 he was arrested and died in the camps. Varvara Petrovna lived a long life and died in Paris in 1959. She was buried in the Russian cemetery in Saint-Genevier de Bois. Some of Varvara Kelch’s jewels have ended up in private collections and are exhibited in various museums around the world.
Varvara Petrovna Bazanova-Kelkh with her daughter
Alexander Kelkh ordered and presented his wife Varvara Kelkh-Bazanova with 7 Faberge Easter eggs
In the period from 1898 to 1904, the Russian businessman Alexander Kelkh ordered and presented his wife Varvara Kelkh-Bazanova with 7 Faberge Easter eggs made by the jeweler Mikhail Perkhin. In addition, among the customers who ordered and purchased Faberge Easter eggs were famous people of that time: Vanderbilt, Consuelo, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Yusupovs, Alfred Nobel’s nephew Emmanuel Nobel. It became known about the existence of another piece of the jewelry house: the “Rothschild egg”, created in 1902 for the family of American billionaires and kept in their family throughout this time, was put up for auction.
The legacy of the House of Faberge was not only brought to life by the initiative of an artist and entrepreneur who founded a workshop and created a market for its products. The energy of time, the development of the mineral resources of Russia, the rise of commerce and culture, and finally, the personality that stands at the center of these processes, one way or another predetermined what was aesthetically crystallized in the Faberge phenomenon.
Pine cone
Pine cone – an Easter egg, a piece of jewelry made in 1900 by the firm of Carl Fabergé by order of the Russian industrialist Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh, who presented it to his wife Varvara Petrovna Bazanova-Kelkh.
Gift of Alexander Kelkh to his wife Varvara Kelkh-Bazanova for Easter 1899. The gold miner, like Emperor Nicholas II, gave Faberge jewelry eggs to his wife for Easter.
Surprise Case with a miniature pendant
Surprise Case with a miniature pendant. A miniature oval box made of agate, decorated with diamonds and a faceted cabochon ruby.The Egg with Panels (or Twelve Panels) is a jeweler’s egg, one of the seven Kelch Easter eggs made by Carl Fabergé for the Russian businessman Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch.These products were ordered by the Russian businessman A. Kelkh as a gift to his wife Varvara Petrovna.
Bonbon’yérka
Bonbonniere is a jewelry egg, one of the seven Easter eggs in the Kelch family collection, made by Carl Fabergé by order of the Russian businessman Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh by the master Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin during 1898-1904The Fabergé jewelry house gained wide popularity thanks to the collection of jewelry Easter eggs created in the period from 1885 to 1917.This Easter jewelry egg is made of yellow gold, decorated with diamonds, transparent carnation and green enamel, opaque white enamel.“Rocaille” (“Rocaille”) is an Easter egg, a piece of jewelry made in 1902 in St. Petersburg by the firm of Carl Fabergé by order of the Russian industrialist Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh as an Easter gift for his wife Varvara Petrovna Kelch.
Surprise in the shape of an engraved heart with three miniatures inside, similar to the surprise of the “Lavender” egg.
Varvara Kelkh divorced her husband and moved in 1905 from Russia to Paris. She took with her most of her fortune, including six Faberge eggs.
In June 1995, the egg was put up for sale in London, but no one bought it. It was sold to an American in 1997, with the participation of Lynette Prohler
Chicken Kelkha
“Chicken Kelkha” is an Easter egg, jewelery by Carl Fabergé, made in 1898 by order of the Russian industrialist Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh.
The egg is covered with transparent strawberry-red enamel on a guilloche background. eggs from the collection of the Kelch
Apple tree flowers
“Apple Flowers” (other names: “Apple Blossom”, “Jade”, “Jade Box”) is an Easter egg, jewelry by Carl Faberge, made in 1901 by order of the Russian industrialist Alexander Kelkh as an Easter gift for his wife Varvara Kelch …The Apple Blossom egg is made in the form of a jewelry box and is one of the largest Faberge Easter eggs. Its design has a tangible influence of fashion on Art Nouveau and Japanese style. eggs from the collection of the KelchThe surprise that was inside the egg is lost. Easter eggs for the Kelch family were made by Fabergé in the workshop of Mikhail Perkhin annually from 1898 to 1905. eggs from the collection of the Kelch
Chauntecleer Kelch
The Chauntecleer Kelch egg clock is a jewelry egg, the last of the seven Easter Kelch eggs made by Carl Fabergé for the Russian businessman Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch by the master Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin during 1898-1904
