Lot Essay
A similar paperweight is held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, no. 1001-1869.
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PROBABLY BY STEBAKOV LAPIDARY WORKSHOP, EKATERINBURG, CIRCA 1860
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A HARDSTONE PAPERWEIGHT
PROBABLY BY STEBAKOV LAPIDARY WORKSHOP, EKATERINBURG, CIRCA 1860
Rectangular, the Kalgan jasper base surmounted with raspberries, strawberries, cherries, red and white currants and a yellow plum, realistically carved in varicolour hardstones on a bed of leaves, unmarked, in the original fitted silk and velvet-lined case
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide
PROBABLY BY STEBAKOV LAPIDARY WORKSHOP, EKATERINBURG, CIRCA 1860
Rectangular, the Kalgan jasper base surmounted with raspberries, strawberries, cherries, red and white currants and a yellow plum, realistically carved in varicolour hardstones on a bed of leaves, unmarked, in the original fitted silk and velvet-lined case
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide
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