DESKTOP PRESS, Carved in hard stones, decorated... Lot 67

DESKTOP PRESS, Carved in hard stones, decorated with clusters of currants on a rectangular base in Kalgan jasper. Russian work, probably by the Stepanoff lapidary, Ekaterinburg, 1860-1870. 5 cm - W. : 14 cm - D. : 9, 5 cm (Accidents and small missing parts). Reference: another model, but with a variation in the fruits is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London n°1001-1869. See also other models in the collection of the Russian Museums (in the catalogue of the exhibition entitled "Fabergé from the collections of the museums of Russia", 2018, pages 106-107. And in the book "Die Welt von Fabergé", Sabine Haag, 2014, page100