A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4834

A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4834
Of elongated ovoid form, with a reeded rose gold domed detachable cover to the lighter-well, surmounted by the wick holder cast as acanthus leaves, the nephrite body tapering into a reeded gold base with a pendant finial cast as a pinecone, the body supported by three angular feet chased with geometric designs and applied with rosettes, all on shaped triangular nephrite base with a lobed gold border, with the original wick, marked on mounts; in a fitted Wartski case
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION