FABERGE - RUSSIAN IMPERIAL GILT SILVER MUSTARD JAR and SPOON
Russian gilt-silver mustard jar with a twisted handle and a toad figurine on a lid.
Decorated with the Imperial Warrant with a precious stone in the middle.
HALLMARKS: Marked on the bottom with '84' Russian silver standard. Also marked 'FABERGE' in Cyrillic and 'I.P' for Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport - famous FABERGE workmaster - please see information below.
Goes with a gilt-silver spoon made in the same style.
CONDITION: Very good for age. Showing some wear. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
DIMENSIONS: 3 1/8 inches in tall. Weight 160 grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2,000 - $10,000.
CHANCE: You have a GREAT CHANCE to purchase a unique item for your collection - over the years it will only INCREASE in price.
HISTORY of SALES: Few years ago Russian Silver tableware made by Julius Rappoport were sold on Christie's for $24,900, $31,070, $31,500 and $66,500 - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport, Russian silversmith, FABERGE workmaster. Born in 1864. Trained in Berlin, one of FABERGE's rare craftsmen of Jewish origin. Julius Rappoport opened his first own workshop in St. Petersburg at Ekateriniski Canal in 1883, then he moved to Moscow to become a FABERGE workmaster. His maker's mark was IP and in Russian Cyrillic. He belonged from 1886 till 1908 to four 'workmasters', main leaders of FABERGE workshops. He was the FABERGE's most important supplier of large silver objects. He is best known for his naturalistic animal figures (massive silver casts), but he also executed special commissions for the Imperial Family, the Imperial Cabinet and noble families Yousupov an others. Recently a few of these special commissions that were designed by FABERGE, and made by Rappoport, have been auctioned by Bonhams and Christies in London(England) and in Munich. Samples of his work include a massive silver dishes and table decorations, such as: 1) tankard with two handles in a form of elephants for the Danish royal family- 2) tankard made in St. Petersburg, circa 1908 which he retailed in Moscow. 3) silver enamel decorated Eggs made in St. Petersburg circa 1883. This tankard, with gently waisted sides, is set with twelve silver roubles, each depicting a monarch in profile, including Peter the Great, Catherine I, Anna, Elizabeth, Peter III of Russia, Catherine II, Paul I of Russia, Alexander I, Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander II of Russia, Alexander III of Russia. What makes his work unique is the fact that you can see the rouble coins on both sides - inside the shell and of course, on the outside. His workshop was taken over by the First Silver Artel around 1909. Died in 1916.

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