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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
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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.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art