Details
De forme circulaire bombée en écaille de tortue décorée en piqué posé d’or de panneaux de treillage et d’écailles encadrés d’enroulements rocailles et centré de cartouches figurant sur le couvercle des chérubins
D. 7 cm. (234 in.)
Poids brut: 57 gr. (1 oz. 16 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 29 novembre 2016, lot 88.
FURTHER DETAILS
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUÉ SNUFFBOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1750
circular dark tortoiseshell box, all over encrusted with gold piqué point and piqué posé with putti, rocaille scrolls, diaper-work, birds, shells, flowers and scale-work, slightly raised wavy thumbpiece
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