Stamp Moistener (Tomato)
firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920)
late 1800s-early 1900s
- Medium
- jade, diamonds, gold
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.3 x 5.3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- Russia, St. Petersburg
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this 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.
