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BY FABERGÉ, PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED CLAY BRICK MATCH HOLDER
BY FABERGÉ, PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The rectangular clay brick with two match compartments and textured front for striking, mounted with a cast silver figure of a baby satyr, playing an aulos, the base of the brick inscribed in Russian 'Factory / [of] A. Gusarev / in Moscow', apparently unmarked; in a fitted Fabergé wooden case (possibly associated)
3 ¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The rectangular clay brick with two match compartments and textured front for striking, mounted with a cast silver figure of a baby satyr, playing an aulos, the base of the brick inscribed in Russian 'Factory / [of] A. Gusarev / in Moscow', apparently unmarked; in a fitted Fabergé wooden case (possibly associated)
3 ¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Property from a Private Collection, Netherlands; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 2011, lot 570.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art