Live Auction 2693Russian Works of Art
A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR
Lot 3 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Closed15 April 2013

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A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically modeled, on four ball feet, the square base rising to a reeded urn body with upright handles, surmounted by two enamel knobs, the teapot base enclosing a well for lighter fluid, rising to a wick with enamel adjuster, marked on base
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high, excluding wick

With Wartski, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

For comparable models of miniature samovars, see Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé, Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo Kulturstiftung, December 5, 1986-March 8, 1987, illustrated p. 110, listed p. 148, no. 144 and Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, London, Wartski, May 15-25, 2012, illustrated and listed p. 17, no. 11.