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A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
Lot 235

A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18662

Closed4 June 2018

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A GEM-SET SILVER CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A FROG
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18662
Humorously cast and chased as a frog, holding its head up, with forelegs on its belly, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, the possibly later detachable tongue designed as the outlet for the taper, marked on the lower edge and under base
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
4.48 oz. (139.1 gr.) gross

Property of Queen Anne of Romania; Sotheby’s, New York, 12 December 1986, lot 299.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 23 October 2000, lot 79.
Property of a German Collector; Christie's, London, 24 November 2014, lot 253.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

For a similar nephrite cigarette lighter shaped as a frog, see H. C. Brainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, London, 1949, pl. 73, now in the Royal Collection.