A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC
LONDON, 1829, MAKER'S MARK JB; THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1825/1830
Rectangular silver box with rounded corners and gilt lining, the cover set with a tesserae plaque depicting a northeast view of the ruins on the Roman Forum, including the Arch of Septimus Severus, within silver-gilt mount, the sides and base of the box chased with horizontal reeding, raised incorporated thumbpiece chased with scrolling foliage
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC
LONDON, 1829, MAKER'S MARK JB; THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1825/1830
Rectangular silver box with rounded corners and gilt lining, the cover set with a tesserae plaque depicting a northeast view of the ruins on the Roman Forum, including the Arch of Septimus Severus, within silver-gilt mount, the sides and base of the box chased with horizontal reeding, raised incorporated thumbpiece chased with scrolling foliage
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
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