AN ITALIAN SILVER AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1820, LATER STRUCK WITH THREE POST-1886-1936 PORTUGUESE CONTROL MARKS
rectangular box, the sides and base chased with foliate scrolls and garlands, the cover inset with a micromosaic plaque depicting a scene of the Coliseum in Rome with a figure in the foreground, within applied gold husk border
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
AN ITALIAN SILVER AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1820, LATER STRUCK WITH THREE POST-1886-1936 PORTUGUESE CONTROL MARKS
rectangular box, the sides and base chased with foliate scrolls and garlands, the cover inset with a micromosaic plaque depicting a scene of the Coliseum in Rome with a figure in the foreground, within applied gold husk border
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
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