Product Description
Jean Schlumberger, Paris, famous articulated “fish” lighter, 18K gold body and tail composed of striated and scallop edged scales, set with two cabochon sapphires for eyes, one pink and one blue, signed, c. 1939-42
Jean Schlumberger, Paris, famous articulated “fish” lighter, 18K gold body and tail composed of striated and scallop edged scales, set with two cabochon sapphires for eyes, one pink and one blue, signed, c. 1939-42
Length: 7 ½ inches x Width: 1½ inches
Weight: 5.55 Troy ounces / 172.7 grams / 111 pennyweights
*** The lion motif is modeled after the famous recumbent lions by Antonio Canova (Italy, 1757-1822), made for the monumental tomb of Clement XIII at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome