Description

JULIUS ALEXANDROVITH RAPPOPORT (Russia, 1864 - 1916).
Fabergé Center; Saint Petersburg, early 20th century.
Silver and glass.
With contrasts.
Measurements: 18 x 20 x 9.5 cm.
Ornamental center created by Julius Rappoport for Fabergé, with an openwork silver structure to show the colorless glass bowl cut into the wheel, with the outer surface covered by diamond points. The center follows an Empire-inspired design with a stepped almond base, decorated with a patterned palmetto molding on the top step. The shaft is frustoconical, with a drum-shaped upper knot, adorned with rhombuses and circles that house rosettes, also in relief. The bowl, in a curved shape, is placed on an open silver structure adorned with figures of Egyptian-inspired sphinxes, typically Empire, on the two main sides, and it also has two sinuous handles whose upper cap houses two coins. The mouth is adorned with a palmetto molding to match the foot.
The Russian goldsmith Julius Rappoport was one of the Fabergé masters, artisans who owned their own workshop, where they made jewelry, silverware or art objects for the Fabergé firm. Trained in Berlin, he was one of the few artists of Jewish origin who worked for the firm. He opened his first workshop in Saint Petersburg in 1883, and later moved to Moscow, where he will work for Fabergé between 1886 and 1908, becoming the main supplier of large silverware for the firm. Although he is mainly known for his solid silver animal figures, he also made other types of pieces, as well as special commissions for the imperial family and various members of the Russian aristocracy. Rappoport remained in charge of his workshop until 1909, when he bequeathed it to his workers, who will continue to produce the masters models until 1912/13, changing the previous silversmith brand IP to ICA.
The Fabergé firm was founded by Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé (1846 - 1920), considered one of the worlds foremost goldsmiths, being especially known for his Easter eggs commissioned by Tsar Alexander III and later by his son, Nicolas II. Born in Saint Petersburg, Fabergé trained in the family jewelery workshop, through the Grand Tour that he made in Europe from 1864 and, possibly, in the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts. On his return from his trip, he will be mentored by Hiskias Pendin, the master goldsmiths of his fathers firm, with whom he will catalog and restore the Hermitage objects during the 1870s. After Pendins death in 1882 Fabergé goes on to direct the workshop, soon achieving a huge reputation through official exhibitions such as the Moscow Panrusa Exhibition of 1882, where he obtained the gold medal and that of Saint Stanislaus. The Tsars admiration for his work begins just now, and Fabergé will soon become the favorite jeweler of the Russian imperial court. Only three years later, in 1885, Alexander III named the firm Fabergé the official jewelery of the imperial house. In addition to making the famous Easter eggs between 1887 and 1917, Fabergé tackled a wide range of typologies, from tableware to jewelry, and in 1900 he represented Russia at the Universal Exposition in Paris, where he could not compete for be part of the jury. However, the firm was forced to close with the outbreak of the October Revolution, which was nationalized by the Bolsheviks. Works by Fabergé are currently kept in the most prominent museums around the world, including the Metropolitan in New York and the Royal Collection in London.

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