A GEM-SET SILVER BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A WOODCOCK

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, INDISTINCT SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PROBABLY 7704 OR 9704

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A GEM-SET SILVER BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A WOODCOCK
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, INDISTINCT SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PROBABLY 7704 OR 9704
Realistically cast as a woodcock in a seated position, with finely chased feathers, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, the left eye as a push-piece, marked on base
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long
8.27 oz. (257,2 gr.) gross

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10-11 December 1974, lot 432.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 June 2008, lot 439.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

For a comparable silver ashtray in the form of a woodcock, see Geza Von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 113, no. 164, and Geza Von Habsburg and Marina Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler, New York, 1994, pp. 324-325, no. 205.

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