Lot Essay
A very similar lamp also appeared in the von Dervise exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1902.
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MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPAPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908
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A silver-mounted wood lamp
marked Fabergé with the Imperial warrant and with the workmaster's mark of Julius Rappaport, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Of amphora form, the square wood base on four paw and foliate scroll bracket feet, with entrelac chased and engraved mount, the circular spreading stand with a band of stiff-leaf decoration and gadrooned collar to the stem, the wood body encased in stiff-leaf and berry calyx, with two brackets rising to pine-cone finials and attached by ribbon-bow and laurel garland handles, with a band chased and engraved with lotus and husk pattern around the shoulders and suspending ribbon- tied laurel swags and festoons, with similar lower rim to the fluted socket, with gadrooned lip, marked on base, lower and upper mounts, with later lamp-shade fittings
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, excluding shade
marked Fabergé with the Imperial warrant and with the workmaster's mark of Julius Rappaport, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Of amphora form, the square wood base on four paw and foliate scroll bracket feet, with entrelac chased and engraved mount, the circular spreading stand with a band of stiff-leaf decoration and gadrooned collar to the stem, the wood body encased in stiff-leaf and berry calyx, with two brackets rising to pine-cone finials and attached by ribbon-bow and laurel garland handles, with a band chased and engraved with lotus and husk pattern around the shoulders and suspending ribbon- tied laurel swags and festoons, with similar lower rim to the fluted socket, with gadrooned lip, marked on base, lower and upper mounts, with later lamp-shade fittings
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, excluding shade
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