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A Fabergé gem-set silver bell push in the form of a pig, workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1904-1908

Auction Closed

November 26, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

modelled as a smiling, seated pig, the nose set with a cabochon ruby push-piece, in a fitted case, struck to the base and beside the cord hole with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 12790


length 10cm; 4 in.

For a nearly identical silver pig bell push, see J. Booth, The Art of Fabergé, London, 1990, p. 171.