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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3325
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A MUSHROOM
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3325
The sandstone body carved in the form of a bolete mushroom, applied with a cast and chased figure of a frog, with a silver well for matches, on a reeded circular silver base, marked inside well and under base with workmaster's initials
3 7⁄8 in. (9.7 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3325
The sandstone body carved in the form of a bolete mushroom, applied with a cast and chased figure of a frog, with a silver well for matches, on a reeded circular silver base, marked inside well and under base with workmaster's initials
3 7⁄8 in. (9.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1990, lot 390.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 57, no. 10 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, no. 35 (illustrated on back cover).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 292, no. 761 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, no. 187 (listed).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 122, no. 102 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, no. 35 (illustrated on back cover).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 292, no. 761 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, no. 187 (listed).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 122, no. 102 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 10.
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 35.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 761.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 187.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 102.
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 35.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 761.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 187.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 102.
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