MATCH SAFE
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Anna Carlovna Ringe (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Match case is of apple green enamel over engine turning. The case has a chased leaf border top and bottom, and also at the base of the lid. Both lid and case have a division, the lid strip fits into a slot in the interior of the bottom. All the silver inside and outside is gilded.
- Object name:
- MATCH SAFE
- Made from:
- Silver -- silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1898-1908
- Size:
- 5.4 x 2.2 cm (2 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.591.1-2
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 88; kokoshnik facing left with AR in Cyrillic for assayer A. Rikhter (1898-1903) or Aleksandr Romanov (1903-1908) A. R in Latin script for Anna Ringe [On base under enamel] 88 and A. R in Cyrillic [Inside of lid]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 1990