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A SILVER-GILT TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS
Lot 242 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION

A SILVER-GILT TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 27,500

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A SILVER-GILT TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A RHINOCEROS
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically cast as a standing rhinoceros, the detachable horn shaped as a lighter, providing the outlet for the taper, marked on base of hoof
6 ¼ in (15.8 cm.) long

Specialist note

A comparable table lighter in the form of a rhinoceros was sold Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 202.