A pair of Fabergé silver candlesticks Workmaster Julius Rappoport St. Petersburg, 1908-1917 baluster shaped, cast and chased in rococo style with foliate scrolls and garlands, rocaille shells and foliage, with serpentine fluting, the removable sconces similarly decorated, marked 'Fabergé' and with workmaster's initials, 88 standard (2) 15cm high, 36oz Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Fabergé, Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu, 11th December 1990, lot 227 Sotheby's Geneva, Silver, Gold and Fabergé, 19th November 1996, lot 352 Note: Julius Rappoport (1864-1916) trained in Berlin and opened his own workshop in St Petersburg in 1883, quickly becoming one of Fabergé's most important suppliers of silver objects. His range of products included large silver dinner services, silver-mounted functional objects and silver animals, very often using nature as inspiration.
A pair of Fabergé silver candlesticks Workmaster Julius Rappoport St. Petersburg, 1908-1917 baluster shaped, cast and chased in rococo style with foliate scrolls and garlands, rocaille shells and foliage, with serpentine fluting, the removable sconces similarly decorated, marked 'Fabergé' and with workmaster's initials, 88 standard (2) 15cm high, 36oz Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Fabergé, Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu, 11th December 1990, lot 227 Sotheby's Geneva, Silver, Gold and Fabergé, 19th November 1996, lot 352 Note: Julius Rappoport (1864-1916) trained in Berlin and opened his own workshop in St Petersburg in 1883, quickly becoming one of Fabergé's most important suppliers of silver objects. His range of products included large silver dinner services, silver-mounted functional objects and silver animals, very often using nature as inspiration.
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