BY FABERGÉ, MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Name: A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON
Brand: BY FABERGÉ, MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Price: 13000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 16,380

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GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON

BY FABERGÉ, MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Price Realised GBP 16,380

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Realistically cast and chased as a seated baboon holding its tail which serves as a lighter, the surface finely chased to simulate fur, his hinged head opening to reveal the lighter fluid compartment with a silver slip-on cover, on a later detachable stone base, marked under the left arm with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic with the Imperial Warrant and the mark of the First Silver Artel
4 in. (10 cm.) high, excluding base
13.68 oz. (425.6 gr.) excluding base

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17-18 November 1997, lot 314 (sold with a silver base).

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