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A Treasured History: The Stream Family Collection
A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE GEM-SET SILVER RHINOCEROS AUTOMATON
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
Details
A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE GEM-SET SILVER RHINOCEROS AUTOMATON
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
Naturalistically modeled as a rhinoceros, the oxidised silver body finely cast and chased to simulate the coarse texture of the rhinoceros’ skin, with a cabochon sapphire horn, the head and four legs attached to the body with screws, moves on wheels, nodding its head and moving its tail, with the original gold winding key, apparently unmarked; in the original Fabergé wooden case
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
Naturalistically modeled as a rhinoceros, the oxidised silver body finely cast and chased to simulate the coarse texture of the rhinoceros’ skin, with a cabochon sapphire horn, the head and four legs attached to the body with screws, moves on wheels, nodding its head and moving its tail, with the original gold winding key, apparently unmarked; in the original Fabergé wooden case
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 22-23 October 1984, lot 676.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé Fantasies: The Forbes Magazine Collection, Milan, 1987, p. 71 (listed).
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Julia Jones
Head of Sale