Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt
- Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt
Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt, born in Hangö or in Artjarvi, Finland in 1873, was a silversmith. In 1886, aged 13, he was apprenticed to the Finnish silversmith Paul Sohlman in St.Petersburg at 58 Gorohovaya. He became a journeyman in 1891. Fabergé's workmaster from 1895. Worked for Fabergé until 1916, producing same line of Aarne, like tiny gem-set frames and silver-mounted birchwood frames, hardstone frames, gem-set enameled gold articles and silver figures on hardstone base. Armfeldt's hallmark on articles is 'Ya A' in Russian Cyrillic.
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Hjalmar Armfeld — Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt (1873 1959) born in Hangö or in Artjarvi, Finland. In 1886, aged 13, he was apprenticed to the Finnish silversmith Paul Sohlman in St.Petersburg at 58 Gorohovaya. He became a journeyman in 1891. Fabergé workmaster… … Wikipedia
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