拍品 79
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A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE-LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE-LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG

MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL AND RETAILED BY FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18662

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A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE-LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
marked with the initials of the First Silver Artel and retailed by Fabergé with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 18662
Humorously cast and chased, the frog holding his head up and holding his fore-legs on his belly and sticking out his tongue, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, marked on base
2½in. (6.6cm.) high
4oz. (139gr.) gross weight

拍品專文

For a similar cigarette lighter shaped as a frog see H. C. Brainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé (London 1949) plate 73, illustrated, now in Her Majesty The Queen's Collection.
It is common knowledge that fashionable functional items like lighters or bell pushes were either cast in silver or carved in stone.