Education
In 1886, at age 13, he was apprenticed to the Finnish silversmith Paul Sohlman in Street.Petersburg at 58 Gorohovaya.
In 1886, at age 13, he was apprenticed to the Finnish silversmith Paul Sohlman in Street.Petersburg at 58 Gorohovaya.
Born in Hanko or in Artjarvi, Finland in 1873. He became a journeyman in 1891. He worked as Fabergé"s workmaster beginning in 1895, and used the mark ЯА.
Armfeldt also worked under the silversmith Anders Nevalainen.
He produced objects for Fabergé until 1916, working on projects like those of Johan Victor Aarne, like tiny gem-set frames, silver-mounted birchwood frames, hardstone frames, gem-set enameled gold articles and silver figures on hardstone base.