CIBJO President Receives Award of Order of Carl Faberge

Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri

The decoration, which is granted by the Carl Faberge Memorial Foundation, was given in recognition of Dr. Cavalieri’s contribution to the preservation and maintenance of the jewelry art, as well as for the part he has played in the development of the jewelry industry

The award was presented by Valentin Skurlov, the King-of-Arms of the Carl Faberge Memorial Foundation. He was joined by Alexander Gorynia and Alexei Pomelnikov, both of whom are Order of Carl Faberge laureates. Also present at the ceremony were leaders of the Russian jewelry sector and a delegation of members of the Russian parliament in Moscow.

"It is a great honor to receive this award, which I accept also on behalf of CIBJO, which is dedicated to promoting the confidence of consumers in jewelry, as well to ensuring that the jewelry business makes a positive contribution to the economic and cultural life of the countries in which it is active," said Dr. Cavalieri. "It is a privilege to be included in the company of previous award laureates, and to be to the recipient of an award that carries the name of one the greatest and most influential jewelers ever to have lived."

The Order of Carl Faberge is an initiative of Tatyana Fedorovna Faberge, the great granddaughter of the iconic jeweler, and was envisioned by its founders to become a Russian equivalent of the Nobel Prize.