Lot Essay
For a similar model in grey kalgan jasper, with rose-cut diamond eyes see Munich, Kunsthalle, Fabergé, December 1986 - March 1987, n. 329
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A SILVER GLUE-POT MODELLED AS AN ELEPHANT
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 15497
Humouristically cast and naturally chased as an elephant supported on its fore-feet and tusks, the detachable tail with brush, marked on the base
4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
10oz. (311gr)
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 15497
Humouristically cast and naturally chased as an elephant supported on its fore-feet and tusks, the detachable tail with brush, marked on the base
4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
10oz. (311gr)
Exhibited
New York, A la Vieille Russie, Fabergé, 1983, no.405.
Munich, Kunsthalle, Fabergé, December 1986 - March 1987, no.62.
Munich, Kunsthalle, Fabergé, December 1986 - March 1987, no.62.