Details
Rectangulaire les côtés décorés de panneaux filetés, le fond ciselé au centre d’une rosace sur un fond guilloché de trèfles, le couvercle centré d’une micromosaique représentant peut-être Ponte Lucano, poinçons dans le fond : maître-orfèvre et titre
L.: 7 cm. (234 in.)
Poids brut: 71 gr. (2 oz. 5 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Phillips, 25 avril 1997, lot 107.
FURTHER DETAILS
A GERMAN ROSE GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC, HANAU, CIRCA 1825, MAKER'S MARK MM CONJOINT ABOVE 14
Rectangular, the side with engine-turned reeding, the underside chased in the centre with a rosette on a ground of quatrefoils, the hinged cover set with a micromosaic probably depicting Ponte Lucano, marked inside: maker and standard

The micromosaic depicts Ponte Lucano, a Roman bridge on the Anio, located in the province of Rome, after the Tivoli Baths and before Hadrian's villa.
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Le ponte Lucano est un pont romain, sur l'Anio, situé dans la province de Rome juste après les Termes de Tivoli et avant la villa d'Hadrien, à Tivoli.

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