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Engravers Gerd and Patrick Dreher are famous the world over for
their masterly animal figures, each of which is cut from a single
gemstone. In the early twentieth century, grandfather,
great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all cut gemstones for
Faberge - mostly agate but also ruby, obsidian, aquamarine, citrine
and rock crystal. Today, creations are still being meticulously
made by hand using traditional techniques. The realistic miniature
forms of mice, snails, toads, monkeys and hippos are designed by
the two artists in multilayered and coloured gemstones so that, for
example, the faces, palms of the hand or soles of the feet shine in
an iridescent red-brown agate while the bodies are worked in the
glossy deep black part of the stone. These unique engravings are
today some of the rarest examples of the highest quality in
craftsmanship, and represent fascination of the highest cultural
degree in a world of increasing globalisation.
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