Lot Essay
For two similar elephants from the Hermitage collection see Munich: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, Hofjuwelier der Zaren, (1986), nos.65-66 illustrated.
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 6892
Details
A GEMSET SILVER VODKA CUP IN THE FORM OF AN ELEPHANT
marked Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 6892
Realistically chased and engraved with cabochon ruby eyes, marked below tail
1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) high
marked Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 6892
Realistically chased and engraved with cabochon ruby eyes, marked below tail
1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) high
Provenance
Lord Ivar Mountbatten
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.146.
Exhibited