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A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON

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A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON

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Description

A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON

BY FABERGÉ, MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Details

Realistically cast and chased as a seated baboon holding its tail which serves as a lighter, the surface finely chased to simulate fur, his hinged head opening to reveal the lighter fluid compartment with a silver slip-on cover, on a later detachable stone base, marked under the left arm with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic with the Imperial Warrant and the mark of the First Silver Artel
4 in. (10 cm.) high, excluding base
13.68 oz. (425.6 gr.) excluding base
Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17-18 November 1997, lot 314 (sold with a silver base).

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A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON

Name: A SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON
SKU: 175777866
Price: 4000 GBP
Availability: InStock

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000

Starting Price £2,000

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