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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 7811
Details
A GEM-SET SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 7811
Humoristically modelled as a frog, the detachable tongue designed as a wick holder, with one hand over its chest and another clutching its leg, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, marked under base with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and workmaster's initials, also with French import mark
4 in. (10 cm.) high
7.6 oz. (236 gr.) gross
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 7811
Humoristically modelled as a frog, the detachable tongue designed as a wick holder, with one hand over its chest and another clutching its leg, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, marked under base with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and workmaster's initials, also with French import mark
4 in. (10 cm.) high
7.6 oz. (236 gr.) gross
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 13 November 1990, lot 391.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, St Petersburg, 1993, p. 324, no. 204 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 112, no. 162 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 128, no. 107 (illustrated).
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 235 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 112, no. 162 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 128, no. 107 (illustrated).
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 235 (illustrated).
Exhibited
St Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum; Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 1993 - April 1994, no. 204.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 162.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 107.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 162.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 107.
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