FABERGE Inkwell or matchbox in silver 88 zolotniks (916 thousandths) with chased neoclassical style decoration, square in shape resting on four claw feet (formerly fixed on a base), the corners with cut edges fitted with a match scraper topped with a pinecone, the side decorated with a wrapped leafed crown, the hinged lid in the shape of a dome with a gadrooned decoration topped with a pine cone, the inner part perforated to receive a glass container (attached). St. Petersburg, circa 1890. Goldsmith: Julius REPORT for the Carl Fabergé House, with Supplier Eagles of the Imperial Court of Tsar Alexander III. Length: 8.6 cm. - Height: 9.5 cm. - Brutto weight: 406,20 g. Wear marks, scratches, a weld. Reference: A similar inkwell by Rappoport with its base, sold at Stockholms Auktionsverket on March 14, 2008, lot 371.