A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE SHAPE OF A MONKEY

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A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE SHAPE OF A MONKEY

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE INITIALS OF THE FIRST MOSCOW ARTEL, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18221

Realistically modelled, the upright monkey turning to look at its tail, hinged at the neck to reveal the taper and fuel compartment, the hollow tail with providing the outlet for the taper, marked on the inside of the neck and the base
4¼in. (11cm.) high
13.5oz. (321gr)

Lot Essay

For similar examples see A. Kenneth Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia (London, 1979) illus. p. 40 Helsinki. Museum of Applied Arts, Carl Fabergé and his contemporaries, (1980) illus. p. 81
Moscow, Kremlin Museum, The World of Fabergé (1992) illus p. 224
For items in silver, made in St. Petersburg by the First Moscow Artel and retailed in St. Petersburg by Fabergé, see Munich, Kunsthalle, Fabergé, Hofjuwelier der Zaren (1986) p. 333

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