The One
The One
Property from the Collection of James R. and Ann A. Peltier
King Edward VII: A Rare and Impressive Fabergé Jeweled Nephrite Cigar Lighter Modeled as a Hippopotamus, St Petersburg, circa 1908
Auction Closed
February 7, 04:52 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
realistically carved as a seated hippopotamus in richly colored nephrite, seated with raised head and fitted as a cigar lighter with gold pipes and silver-gilt lighter fluid compartment, the eyes set with diamonds, apparently unmarked, traces of scratched inventory number (140)70
length: 7 in.; 17.8 cm
Acquired from the London Branch of Fabergé by Miss (Keyser) Larnach for £98 and 10s (cost price 501 rubles), presumably a joint purchase by Agnes Keyser and Captain James Larnach as a gift for King Edward VII on 6 November 1908;
King Edward VII;
Returned by Queen Alexandra following the death of King Edward VII, as a souvenir of the King;
Private Collection;
Frederick Berry Limited London (sold with documents dated 1936);
Mr Raymond Schlager;
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 12 December 1979, lot 331;
The Collection of James R. and Ann A. Peltier;
Thence by descent.
H. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court, London, 1949, p. 82, illustrated pl. 69.
G. Hill, G. G. Smorodinova, and B. L. Ulyanova, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 2008, p.47, pl.15.