MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, C. 1890

For a similar crawling salamander by Julius Rappoport, see A la Vieille Russie, 'Fabergé', no. 407 (New York, 1983). For two lizards on Lapis Lazuli base, see St. Petersburg/Paris/London, State Hermitage Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé Imperial Jeweller, no. 51 Another lizard signed I.P., similar but with slightly less curled tail and with cabochon ruby eyes, with a detachable head, see London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé 1846-1920, 1977, no. S10