Julius Alexander Rappoport, originally Isak Abramovich, was a Lithuanian silversmith and
Fabergé workmaster
A Fabergé workmaster was a skilled craftsman who owned his own workshop and produced jewelry, silver or objets d'art for the House of Fabergé.
When Carl Fabergé took over the running of the business in 1882, its output increased so rapidly th ...
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Rappoport was born in
Kovno
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,
Russian Empire
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in 1851.
Julius Rappoport opened his first own workshop in
St. Petersburg at Ekateriniski Canal in 1883, then he moved to Moscow to become a Fabergé workmaster. Trained in
Berlin
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, he was one of
Fabergé’s rare craftsmen of Jewish origin. His maker's mark was IP and in Russian Cyrillic (иp). He belonged from 1886 till 1908 to four "workmasters", main leaders of Fabergé workshops. He was the Fabergé’s most important supplier of large silver objects. He is best known for his naturalistic animal figures (massive silver casts), but he also executed special commissions for the Imperial Family, the Imperial Cabinet and noble families Yusupov an others.
Recently a few of these special commissions that were designed by Fabergé, and made by Rappoport, have been auctioned by Bonhams and Christies in London(England) and in Munich. Samples of his work include a massive silver dishes and table decorations, such as:tankard with two handles in a form of elephants for the Danish royal family-
2) tankard made in St. Petersburg, circa 1908 which he retailed in Moscow.
3) silver enamel decorated Eggs made in St. Petersburg circa 1883.
This tankard, with gently waisted sides, is set with twelve silver roubles, each depicting a monarch in profile, including
Peter the Great
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Catherine I,
Anna
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Elizabeth,
Peter III of Russia
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Catherine II
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Paul I of Russia
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Nicholas I of Russia
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Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Gra ...
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Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
. What makes his work unique is the fact that you can see the rouble coins on both sides - inside the shell and of course, on the outside.
Within the boldly chased shell, the surrounds are rococo scrolls which simulate sea spray. The rounded top cover was set with a further rouble coin of
Nicholas II of Russia. It has a scroll handle and acanthus thumbpiece.
In total, the height (including the thumbpiece) is 29 cm (11 in).
His master mark was on the articles: ''I.P.'' in Russian Cyrillic (иp). His workshop was taken over by the
First Silver Artel around 1909. Died in Petrograd in 1917.
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Silversmiths from the Russian Empire
Fabergé workmasters
1851 births
1916 deaths
Expatriates from the Russian Empire
Jews from the Russian Empire
Expatriates in the German Empire