A RUSSIAN SILVER AND HARDSTONE ASH-TRAY
MARK OF KARL FABERGÉ, "84" STANDARD, MOSCOW, 1908/1917
The ash-tray applied with a bear supporting itself on one paw, the other paw clutching a broken branch, below him a pinned-on silver label inscribed in Cyrillic translating as "I can break the trees but I cannot make a shaft bow" from the fable of The Assiduous Bear by Ivan Krylov (1769/1844)
5 ¾ in. long (14.5 cm.)
A RUSSIAN SILVER AND HARDSTONE ASH-TRAY
MARK OF KARL FABERGÉ, "84" STANDARD, MOSCOW, 1908/1917
The ash-tray applied with a bear supporting itself on one paw, the other paw clutching a broken branch, below him a pinned-on silver label inscribed in Cyrillic translating as "I can break the trees but I cannot make a shaft bow" from the fable of The Assiduous Bear by Ivan Krylov (1769/1844)
5 ¾ in. long (14.5 cm.)
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