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A silver-mounted aventurine glass and micromosaic snuffbox, Italian, 1840

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

rectangular, the lid centred with a rectangular micromosaic representing a view of La Basilica di San Marco and the piazza, floral silver borders and small thumbpiece, aventurine sides and base, silver-gilt lining, French prestige marks,


7.5 cm., 3 in. wide

D. Petochi, I mosaici minuti romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Florence 1981, p. 242, n. 36;

J. H. Gabriel, Micromosaics: the Gilbert collection, London 2000, p. 170, n. 102.