MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18662

Details

A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18662
Humorously cast and chased, the frog holding its head up, with forelegs on its belly, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, the detachable tongue designed as a lighter, marked on the lower edge and under base
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
4.48 oz. (139.1 gr.) gross

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 23 October 2000, lot 79.

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Lot Essay

For the relationship between the First Silver Artel and the Fabergé firm in producing silver animals, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 102-109.

For a similar cigarette lighter shaped as a frog see H. C. Brainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, London, 1949, pl. 73, now in the Royal Collection.

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