MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1894

細節

A SILVER SMOKER'S COMPENDIUM SHAPED A A DACHA
marked Fabergé with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1894
In the form of a dacha surrounded by a meadow, with a silver-lined water pump engraved with horseshoes placed to one side of the building, a vest holder behind the house formed as a wood stack, the thatched roof lifting to reveal a gilt cigarette compartment with dispenser, marked on the base
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
153.180 oz. (476.45 gr.)

來源

Sotheby's Geneva, 14 November 1984, lot 632 bought by Wartski as agent

出版

Forbes, C. "Letter on Collecting Fabergé", Burlington Magazine, vol. 129, no. 1014, September 1987, p. 13
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 246, ill. p. 247

展覽

Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 63, p. 75, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 63, pp. 6, 8, 71, ill. p. 71
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987
New Jersey, Pingry School, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
London, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1991 no. 20, p. 30, ill.
Copenhagen, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1991, no cat.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.

注意事項

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拍品專文

This compendium is believed to be the only piece of its kind having been commissioned to special order. By manipulation of the mechanism concelaed within the roof a cigarette is released into a special dispensing compartment. The cigarette lighter is shaped as a water pump which conceals an oil compartment.