BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Price realised GBP 50,000
Estimate
GBP 15,000 – GBP 25,000
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A JEWELLED PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHARKA
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Price realised GBP 50,000
Price realised GBP 50,000
Details
A JEWELLED PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHARKA
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically cast and finely chased as an elephant's head, its curved trunk modelled as a handle, with cabochon ruby-set eyes, interior gilt, engraved under base in Russian 'Christmas 1904', marked at the back with workmaster's initials
3 1⁄2 in. (9 cm.) long
3.8 oz. (118 gr.) gross
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically cast and finely chased as an elephant's head, its curved trunk modelled as a handle, with cabochon ruby-set eyes, interior gilt, engraved under base in Russian 'Christmas 1904', marked at the back with workmaster's initials
3 1⁄2 in. (9 cm.) long
3.8 oz. (118 gr.) gross
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1989, lot 261.
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