Lot 27 VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GEORGE IV GOLD SNUFF BOX WITH MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX MARK OF ALEXANDER STRACHAN, LONDON, 1827; THE PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO AGUATTI, ROME (D. 1846)
Closed22 May 2009
Price Realised
USD 52,500
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Specialist note
The meticulously detailed works of Aguatti and other micromosaic artists were often incorporated into snuffboxes in their original gilt-metal or silver-gilt frames, as here. Alternately, some box makers remounted the micromosaic frames so that they were integral to the boxes. For examples of both types, see: Charles Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, 1991.
This present example and a similar example of a seated spaniel mosaic, signed by Aguatti (in the collection of the British Museum) are illustrated in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection of Micromosaics, 2000, p. 75.
This present example and a similar example of a seated spaniel mosaic, signed by Aguatti (in the collection of the British Museum) are illustrated in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection of Micromosaics, 2000, p. 75.