Stamp Moistener (c. 1895–1915): Art, History and Details

Stamp Moistener (c. 1895–1915) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Stamp Moistener
• Date: c. 1895–1915
• Creator attribution: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Miscellaneous
• Technique: nephrite, diamonds, gold
• Dimensions: Overall: 6.3 x 5.3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.478

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.

View the collection record

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