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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED CLAY BRICK MATCH HOLDER
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
The rectangular clay brick with two match compartments and textured front for striking, mounted with silver handles shaped as entwined snakes, the brick inscribed under base in Russian 'Factory / [of] A. Gusarev / in Moscow', marked on mounts with workmaster's initials
4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm.) long, across handles
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
The rectangular clay brick with two match compartments and textured front for striking, mounted with silver handles shaped as entwined snakes, the brick inscribed under base in Russian 'Factory / [of] A. Gusarev / in Moscow', marked on mounts with workmaster's initials
4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm.) long, across handles
Provenance
Princess Maria von Baden, Duchess of Anhalt (1865-1939).
Collection of the Margraves of Baden; Sotheby’s, Baden-Baden, 5-21 October 1995, lot 1920.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 May 2004, lot 420.
Collection of the Margraves of Baden; Sotheby’s, Baden-Baden, 5-21 October 1995, lot 1920.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 May 2004, lot 420.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art