Julius Rappoport for Fabergé: Russian Rococo revival glass and silver

A Russian presentation Rococo Revival glass claret jug with handle, richly decorated with chased and embossed pierced silver Rococo ornaments and front cast with the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle, gadrooned and hinged cover, gilt interior, with fluted thumbpiece and a medallion commemorating the 1782 inauguration of the "Bronze Horseman" in St. Petersburg, obverse with profile portrait of Tsarina Catherine the Great and reverse with the equestrian statue of Tsar Peter the Great. Workmaster Carl Fabergé, marked with the Imperial Warrant as purveyor to the Imperial Russian Court, maker Julius Rappoport, assayer Jacob Nikolaievich Liapunov in St. Petersburg 1899–1904, scratched inventory number 3524, 88 standard. H. 27.5 cm.

Estimate:£2,233.56

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