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AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

ROME, CIRCA 1810

    Price Realised GBP 6,875
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    GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000
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    AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

    ROME, CIRCA 1810

    Price Realised GBP 6,875
    Price Realised GBP 6,875
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    rectangular box with chased foliate sides and borders, the polished gold base engraved with a floral spray, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a villa, possibly the Villa Mattei on Monte Celio, a structure made up of many buildings, in a walled garden and parkland planted with cypress trees
    3 in. (75 mm.) wide


    Literature
    R. Grieco, Micromosaici Romani, Rome, 2008, p. 97 no. 266.
    J. Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics. Private Collections, Brian McCarthy, 2016, p. 173, no. 134.
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