AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC
PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1820
rectangular black lavastone box with canted corners, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting a seated spaniel in a mountainous landscape within a gold frame chased with scrolls, the rose-gold rim mounts and thumbpiece chased with scrolling foliage
2 ½ in. (63 mm.) wide
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC
PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1820
rectangular black lavastone box with canted corners, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting a seated spaniel in a mountainous landscape within a gold frame chased with scrolls, the rose-gold rim mounts and thumbpiece chased with scrolling foliage
2 ½ in. (63 mm.) wide
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