A silver Bonbonniere in the form of an Ostrich

MARKED FABERG, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A silver Bonbonniere in the form of an Ostrich
marked Faberg, workmaster Julius Rappoport, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Realistically modelled, the body of two halves of an ostrich egg, the mounts applied with repouss, chased and engraved wings and feathers, the curved neck and head cast and engraved, the cast legs on a circular aventurine quartz base, marked on mounts and legs
12in. (32.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Faberg extensively designed a number of functional items as table-lighters, gumpots or bell-pushes realistically modelled as silver animals like monkeys, rabbits or elephants. See Christie's London, 17 December 1998, lot 244, a gemset bell-push in the form of a rabbit, sold for 96,100.

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