Details
Rectangulaire, les coins arrondis, le couvercle et la base en lapis lazuli, les bords en vermeil uni avec appuie-pouce en demi-lune, poinçons sur la gorge : ville et orfèvre; dans son écrin d’origine rouge doublé de soie crème
L.: 7,5 cm. (3 in.)
Poids brut: 86 gr. (2 oz. 15 dwt.)
Provenance
Syon House, Sotheby's, Brentford, 15 mai 1997, lot 582.
FURTHER DETAILS
AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
BY GIOVANNI ANDREA MASCELLI, ROME, CIRCA 1830
Rectangular with rounded corners, the base and cover in lapis-lazuli with plain moulded silver-gilt mounts, marked on flange: town and maker
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