Bing & Grondahl Blue Painted Matchstick Holder - The Riksdag

Height 10 cm.

1st sorting. The stamps show that this is from 1853-1898.

The Riksdag was one of Denmark's two political chambers. It was abolished in 1953.

The blue painted is one of Bing & Grøndahl's oldest frames, usually painted in the scale form that both the Empire and Måge frames are painted in, from 1895. It is painted in a fluted frame form. The blue painted is Bing & Grøndahl's version of the blue-fluted frame.

The match holder has several chips and a crack inside.