ID 435077
Lot 110 | A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TABLE LIGHTER IN THE FORM OF A CHIMPANZ...
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE MARK OF THE FIRST SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23865
Realistically cast and chased as a chimpanzee looking over his shoulder at his tail, shaped as a lighter, the surface finely chased and engraved to simulate fur, its hinged head opening to reveal the lighter fluid compartment with a detachable cover, the hollow tail with a wick, interior gilt, marked on foot
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
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