The rare item remains missing as police continue their investigation, urging anyone with information to come forward
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListendpaPublished: 9:15pm, 9 Apr 2026A thief who swiped a handbag from a London pub containing a Faberge egg and watch set valued at up to £2.2 million (US$3 million) has been jailed for more than two years.
Enzo Conticello, 29, took the Givenchy handbag belonging to Rosie Dawson as she stood in the smoking area of the Dog and Duck pub in Bateman Street on November 7, 2024.
Inside the £1,600 bag was an emerald-encrusted Faberge egg and Faberge watch belonging to Dawson’s employers at the Craft Irish Whiskey Company, as well as a £1,500 Apple laptop, Apple AirPods, a £350 store voucher, keys, Dawson’s three bank cards, £200 worth of make-up, a Mulberry card holder worth £150 and £20 in cash.
Southwark Crown Court heard on Thursday that Conticello was after “easy money” and he said he handed over the bag – complete with the Faberge egg and watch – to buy drugs.
Recorder Kate Livesey sentenced him to two years and three months in prison, telling him the “opportunistic” theft had caused “inconvenience and stress” to Dawson and her company.
“Dawson described the particular shock and panic upon realising a bag containing items of such particular value owned by the company had been stolen, and the incredible stress this incident has caused her,” she said.
