Stephen Wäkevä

Stephen Wäkevä, Russian silversmith of Finnish origin, Fabergé workmaster. Born in Säkkijärvi in the Viipuri Province of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1833, apprentice in St. Petersburg in 1847. His workshop supplied Fabergé with silverware, mostly tea-services, tankards and punch bowls. His hallmark was the letters S.W in a circle. His two sons (Alexander Wäkevä and Konstantin Wäkevä) also worked for Fabergé, taking over his father's workshop at his death in 1910.