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Stamp Moistener (Stem)

Peter Carl Fabergélate 1800s-early 1900s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This stamp moistener in the form of a green tomato is carved out of a single piece of jade. The stem, tipped by a diamond mounted in gold, is removable. The interior end of this stem holds the brush that is used to wet a stamp for letters.

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  • Title: Stamp Moistener (Stem)
  • Creator: Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846-1920)
  • Date Created: late 1800s-early 1900s
  • Provenance: India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Type: Miscellaneous
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.478.b
  • Medium: jade, diamonds, gold
  • Department: Decorative Art and Design
  • Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg, late 19th-early 20th Century
  • Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession Number: 1966.478.b
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