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Box

1899-1908 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Faberge (designed and made)
Ringe, Anna (designed and made)
Rappoport, Julius
Place of origin
St Petersburg (designed and made)

Enamelled silver matchstand of rectangular form, the surface decorated with strawberry red guilloché enamel surmounted by a finely modelled silver mandrill, the whole poised on four bun feet.
Engraved with the initials of workmasters Anna Ringe and Julius Rappoport. Engraved with inventory number 15245.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Silver
Enamels
Containers
Object type
Box
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Box
  • Box
  • Case
  • Case
Materials and techniques
Silver, enamel
Silver
Enamel
Guilloché (Engraving Technique)
Enamelling
Brief description
Mandrill match stand, Fabergé, 1899-1908.

Physical description
Enamelled silver matchstand of rectangular form, the surface decorated with strawberry red guilloché enamel surmounted by a finely modelled silver mandrill, the whole poised on four bun feet.
Engraved with the initials of workmasters Anna Ringe and Julius Rappoport. Engraved with inventory number 15245.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Width: 7.8cm
Gallery label
(2021)
Match stand with mandrill
Workmasters: Anna Ringe and Julius Rappoport
1899-1909

The American heiress Lady Paget bought this match stand from Fabergé's London shop in December 1016. From her luxurious home at 35 Belgrave Square, Lady Paget led American society in London. She introduced newly arrived heiresses to British society and was the instigator of many marriages.

St Petersburg
Silver, enamel
The Woolf Family Collection
Credit line
Gift of the Harry and Josiane Woolf collection
Object history
Gift of the Harry and Josiane Woolf collection. Purchased from Christies London 18th March 1975, lot 162, property of Mrs R. L Cameron.
Purchased Fabergé's London branch by Lady Paget on 1st December 1916 for £11.

Exhibited:
Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, Wartski, 2012, no 8
Fabergé Romance to Revolution, V&A, 2021-2022

Published:
Fabergé Romance to Revolution, V&A, 2021
Fabergé in London, Kieran McCarthy, (Woodbridge, 2017), page 164.
Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, Wartski, 2012, page 74.
Bibliographic references
  • Fabergé Romance to Revolution, V&A, 2021
  • Fabergé in London, Kieran McCarthy, (Woodbridge, 2017), page 164.
  • Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, Wartski, 2012, page 74.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.25-2022

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Record createdApril 13, 2021
Record URL
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