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A RUSSIAN GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS
Lot 100

A RUSSIAN GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER INDISTINCT

Fermé24 March 2016

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A RUSSIAN GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER INDISTINCT
Ovoid, the sandstone body with well for matches, with silver mounts formed as a horn, ears, feet and tail, the eyes set with cabochon rubies, marked throughout
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long

Christian de Guigné II and thence by descent.

Note du spécialiste

For a similar Gem-Set Silver-Mounted and Sandstone Match Holder in the Form of an Elephant, see Christie's King Street, 25 November 2013, lot 225.