FABERGÉ - Lot 290

FABERGÉ Rare silver 88 zolotniks (916‰) monkey-shaped cigar table lighter finely chased au naturel, depicting it almost seated, one hand on the ground, looking back, the tail serving as a tinder wick receptacle (missing), the hinged head serving as a gas tank, closing with a stopper, the vermeil interior monogrammed WY Saint Petersburg, 1899-1904 Goldsmith: Isaac (Julius) RAPPOPORT (active 1883-1908) for Carl Fabergé Fabergé engraved inventory number: 15755 H. 11 cm - L. 9.5 cm - Weight 389.60g MC Good condition Provenance : Daguerre sale, November 30, 2021, lot 140. French private collection. Related works: - An identical monkey-shaped lighter is in the Kremlin Museums, Moscow (inv. MP-5667). - An identical monkey-shaped lighter with engraved inventory number 14569, sold at Christie's London, June 27, 2007, lot 19, sold for 168,000 GBP, resold at Sotheby's London, December 2, 2020, lot 84, sold for 47,880 GBP. - An identical monkey-shaped lighter, with engraved inventory number 7031, is kept in a private collection. Literature : - G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 2000, no. 185, illustration p. 118. - K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New-York, 1998, p. 40.