A GEM-SET SILVER BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A BEAR
Lot 683

A GEM-SET SILVER BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

BY FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Closed16 June 2022

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GBP 10,000–15,000

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A GEM-SET SILVER BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A BEAR
BY FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Realistically cast and chased as a sitting bear, holding its hind paw which is set with a cabochon garnet designed as a push-piece, marked on the lower edge with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant
3 3⁄4 in. (9.6 cm.) high
8.24 oz. (256.4 gr.) gross

Specialist note

For a comparable model from the Baronne Henri de Rothschild Collection, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 102, fig. 1 (illustrated); and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 48, no. 1 (illustrated).