A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 412
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 412 Realistically cast, as a sitting baboon, holding its tail shaped as a lighter, the surface finely chased and engraved to simulate fur, its hinged head opening to reveal the lighter fluid compartment, the hollow tail providing the outlet for the taper, interior gilt, marked under base 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high 13.29 oz. (413.3 gr.)
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 412
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 412 Realistically cast, as a sitting baboon, holding its tail shaped as a lighter, the surface finely chased and engraved to simulate fur, its hinged head opening to reveal the lighter fluid compartment, the hollow tail providing the outlet for the taper, interior gilt, marked under base 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high 13.29 oz. (413.3 gr.)
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