Saponite Mouse

Photo: Auction Catalogue Christie’s Sale 12189, lot nr. 10
March 24, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
 

This Saponite Mouse is sitting on a silver-gilt mounted agate slice. Its eyes are set with rubies. This mouse was born in the 19th century. Small colonies of Saponite Mice can be found in Zabkowice Slaskie in Silesia, Svärdsjö in Dalarna, Sweden and in Cornwall, UK.