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A hardstone and micromosaic snuff box with silver mounts, Filippo Puglieschi, Rome, late 18th century

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

rectangular with cut corners, the lid applied with a micromosaic plaque of 'The Lion and the Dog', after a print after a painting by Johann Wenceslaus Peter (1742-1829), in a silver frame, the speckled grey serpentine body mounted in silver, maker’s mark, town mark,



8.3cm., 3 ¼ in. wide

J. H. Gabriel, Micromosaics: the Gilbert collection, London 2000, p. 288;

M. G. Branchetti, Mosaici minuti romani. Collezione Savelli, Rome 2004, p. 45.