Lot Essay
For similar hardstone handseals see Alexander von Solodkoff, Fabergé Juwelier des Zarenhofes, (Hamburg, 1995), no.151, and also Christie's New York, 16 April 1999, lot 127.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Set of five rock-crystal Handseals carved in the shape of Mushrooms
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1890
Details
A Set of five rock-crystal Handseals carved in the shape of Mushrooms
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Naturalistically carved in the form of toadstools with rough, stained, caps and smooth stalks, one with a crowned 'M' on the base, another with the crowned cypher 'MCM', apparently unmarked
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high and smaller (5)
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Naturalistically carved in the form of toadstools with rough, stained, caps and smooth stalks, one with a crowned 'M' on the base, another with the crowned cypher 'MCM', apparently unmarked
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high and smaller (5)
Provenance
Countess Marie-Madeleine Mordvinoff (1913-1993)