New display shows the functional side of Fabergé

An unfamiliar side of Carl Fabergé, the jeweller whose firm crafted imperial eggs and cigarette cases for the tsarist elite, is on display at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The museum has opened three rooms dedicated to Fabergé and the history of jewellery making and silver craftsmanship in Russia, including one for temporary exhibitions. Most surprising is the inaugural show Fabergé in the Great War (until 26 June), which features 43 uncharacteristically util