FABERGÉ A rare 88 zolotniks (916‰) silver monkey cigar table lighter finely chased au naturel, depicting it almost seated, one hand on the ground, looking back, the tail serving as a receptacle for a tinder wick (missing), the hinged head serving as a petrol 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 - W. 9.5 cm - Weight 389.60g MC Good condition Provenance : Daguerre sale, 30 November 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, 27 June 2007, lot 19, fetched GBP 168,000, resold at Sotheby's London, 2 December 2020, lot 84, fetched GBP 47,880. - An identical monkey-shaped lighter with engraved inventory number 7031 is in a private collection. 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.