AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICRO...

Lot 96
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 96 | AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICRO...
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC

PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1820

rectangular black lavastone box with canted corners, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting a seated spaniel in a mountainous landscape within a gold frame chased with scrolls, the rose-gold rim mounts and thumbpiece chased with scrolling foliage

2 ½ in. (63 mm.) wide

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