A SILVER-MOUNTED SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A MUSHROOM
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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

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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

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1990, lot 390.