A Fabergé parcel-gilt silver table lighter in the form of a chimpanzee, workmaster Julius Rappaport, St Petersburg, 1899-1903
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May 15, 11:36 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
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Description
realistically cast in silver with its arms dragging behind and head turned to look over its shoulder, its thick hair formed in waves and textured clusters, the parcel-gilt interior with silver-gilt stopper, struck to reverse of palm with Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant, workmaster’s initials, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 7031,
height 11cm, 4 3/8 in.
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A very similar model is illustrated in Géza von Habsburg and Marina Lopato, Fabergé Imperial Jeweller, page 328-329.