Stephen Wäkevä

Stefan Wäkevä, a Finnish silversmith, and a Fabergé workmaster.

Born 4 November in Väkevälä village Säkkijärvi in the Viipuri Province of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1833.

Apprentice in St. Petersburg at the workshop of silversmith Olof Fredrik Wennerström in 1843.

Wäkevä's workshop at 41 of the fifth of Roždestvenskaya (Sovetskaya) Street supplied Fabergé with silverware, mostly tea-services, tankards and punch bowls.

Stefan Wäkevä's hallmark was the letters S.W in a circle.