Live Auction 20821A Selection of Fabergé Masterpieces from the Harry Woolf Collection
A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR
Lot 68

A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed29 November 2021

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A GOLD TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SAMOVAR
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Of traditional form, the square base rising to a spherical body, flanked by two scroll handles applied with wood, on four stud feet, the detachable teapot base enclosing a well for lighter fluid, the front engraved with inscription 'Palata - Buckhurst Park / Jubilé 9 Nov. 1933-37.', the back engraved with a Russian inscription 'Four cups of tea / 'Palata', marked on rim with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 1⁄2 in. (9 cm.) high

Lady Lydia Deterding (1904-1980), wife of Sir Henry Deterding, chairman of Royal Dutch Shell.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 333.

Specialist note

Lady Lydia Deterding (1904-1980), née Kudeiarov, was the daughter of General Paul Kudeiarov. In 1924, she married Sir Henri Deterding, general manager of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and chairman of Royal Dutch Shell. The couple's English country house was Buckhurst Park in Winkfield, Berkshire, where Mrs Deterding lived with her two daughters after her divorce in 1937.

Lady Deterding was well known in France as a benefactor of various famous causes, including the restoration of the Palace of Versailles, the Museum of the Legion d’Honneur and others. She also helped to repair the Russian cathedral in Paris and financed a Russian high school.