ANTIQUE 19thC RUSSIAN FABERGE SOLID SILVER & GLASS JUG, J RAPPOPORT c.1890
19th Century Russian Faberge silver & blown glass jug, the plain pink glass body applied with a silver lid and set with a coin, the hinged lid applied with a shell shaped thumbpiece.
Hallmarked Russian silver 88 (915 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1882-1899, Makers mark I.P (Julius Alexander Rappoport), Faberge retail mark.
Reference Number: A7168
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Russian Faberge solid silver & blown glass jug, the plain pink glass body applied with a silver lid and set with a coin, the hinged lid applied with a shell shaped thumbpiece. Hallmarked Russian silver 88 (915 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1882-1899, Makers mark I.P (Julius Alexander Rappoport), Faberge retail mark.
Julius Alexander Rappoport (1851 - 1917), Of Jewish origins, Isaac Abramovich Rappoport was born in 1851 (although some sources say 1864) in Lithuania. After his apprenticeship in Berlin, he became a master in 1884 and moved to St. Petersburg, where he opened his own workshop and started working as head silversmith for Fabergé. A few years later he became a Christian and changed his name to Julius Alexander.
Rappoport produced a wide range of items, from small objects to large decorative pieces. Particularly sought after are his naturalistic animal figures, portrayed in lively and playful poses but he also executed massive centrepieces for the Imperial family, the Danish Royal family and aristocrats.
At his retirement in the early 1900s, Rappoport left the workshop and all its equipment to his workmen, who formed the First St. Petersburg Artel. Unfortunately the Artel ceased working a few years later due to insolvency and a decline in quality. Rappoport died in 1917.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 15cm
Diameter: 11cm